Water Issues in Chile: How Does a Dry River Sound?

Nieto, Ignacio; Velasco, M. J.; Pohl, Nelida; Muñoz, Graciela

doi:10.1162/leon_a_01540

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“…The Petorca river flow has undergone a general reduction during the last decades, reaching zero flow in some sections and leaving the riverbed dry for years [20,21]. This has led to a water crisis, characterized by water access problems, reductions of agricultural productivity, including avocado and other fruit crops, and potential ecological damages [17,22].…”

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Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management

Muñoz

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Álvarez-Garretón

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Since 2010, Chile has experienced one of the most severe droughts over the last century, the so-called mega-drought (MD). The MD conditions, combined with intensive agricultural activities and the current water management system, have led to water scarcity problems in Mediterranean and Semi-arid regions of Chile. An emblematic case is the Petorca basin, where a water crisis is undergone. To characterize this crisis, we analyzed water provision by using tree-ring records, remote sensing, instrumental data, and allocated water rights within the basin. Results indicate that the MD is the most severe dry period over the last 700-years of streamflow reconstruction. During the MD, streamflow and water bodies of the upper parts of the basin have been less affected than mid and low areas of this valley, where consumptive withdrawals reach up to 18% of the mean annual precipitation. This extracted volume is similar to the MD mean annual precipitation deficits. The impacts of the current drought, along with the drier climate projections for Central Chile, emphasize the urgency for faster policy changes related to water provision. Climate change adaptation plans and policies should enhance the current monitoring network and the public control of water use to secure the water access for inhabitants and productive activities.

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Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management

Muñoz

Klock-Barría

Álvarez-Garretón

et al. 2020

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From Boethian Harmony to a Dry Riverbed: El sonido recobrado

Muñoz Farida

2024

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The article takes Boethius’s theory of musical harmony as a starting point, in particular studying the collective dimension embedded in this concept. The dynamics of contact and interdetermination, between humans and other-than-human, are explored and understood as factors co-involved in the possibility of common living. The role of the notions of ecology and economy in rereading the concept of harmony provided by Boethius’s theory is also reviewed. The text then explores a site-specific work that experiments with these issues through the creation of an acousmatic patch that is superimposed onto a broken ecology, showing how this serves as an agent for a reharmonisation of a drought-ravaged river. The article concludes by addressing the implications that a territorially situated musical approach might represent for recovery of the broken link between humans and the other-than-human.

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Water Issues in Chile: How Does a Dry River Sound?

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Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management

Water Crisis in Petorca Basin, Chile: The Combined Effects of a Mega-Drought and Water Management

From Boethian Harmony to a Dry Riverbed: El sonido recobrado

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