El Zapotillo dam: A discussion of its relevance for Leon, Guanajuato, after a decade of conflict over water

The center of this discussion is on the Agreement of Understanding for the Use of the Waters of the Verde River of 2019, which assigns 120 million cubic meters of water from the El Zapotillo dam for León, Guanajuato. The present objective, based on the perspective of the new culture of water, is to...

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Autor: Tagle Zamora, Daniel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Estudios Demográficos y Urbanos
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx:article/2086
Acceso en línea:https://estudiosdemograficosyurbanos.colmex.mx/index.php/edu/article/view/2086
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:El Zapotillo
megaproyecto
escasez socialmente construida
ineficiencia
comercialización del agua
nueva cultura del agua
megaproject
social caused scarcity
inefficiency
water commercialization
new culture of water
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Sumario:The center of this discussion is on the Agreement of Understanding for the Use of the Waters of the Verde River of 2019, which assigns 120 million cubic meters of water from the El Zapotillo dam for León, Guanajuato. The present objective, based on the perspective of the new culture of water, is to demonstrate the inconsistency of Guanajuato institutions, which insist on said volume of water as necessary for that city. The basis for this inconsistency is based on a descriptive-relational methodology that analyzed water management in León (2008-2018), by means of which it was determined that El Zapotillo is not essential for the city, because the crisis is not physical but socially constructed by the operating body, a problem that requires local attention and consequently another solution.