Sustainable Management of Groundwater in Mexico Proceedings of a Workshop (2007) / Chapter Skim
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The Role of Science in Managing Yucatan’s Groundwater
The Role of Science in Managing Yucatan’s Groundwater
Pages 52-61
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. In addition, some Mexican nationals have received hydrogeology degrees in other countries, including the United States.
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Stronger communication among the academic community, government agencies, and the private sector could help facilitate even more effective water resource management. Mexico has been divided into basins for the purpose of water resource management.
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have shown that the origin of the salt water is two-fold: salt water intrusion near the coast, and dissolution of evaporites. The aquifer is used both for disposal of domestic and industrial liquid waste and as a major source of drinking water.
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Groundwater that flows south to north is intercepted by the Ring of Cenotes and it discharges at either intersection of the Ring with the sea. At both intersections of the Ring of Cenotes, there are nature reserves, to the west is Celestún, and to the east is Dzilam de Bravo.
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For example, at Ox Bel Ha (south of Tulum) , which is the largest subaquatic cave system of the world with more than 140 kilometers of mapped passageway, it is possible for a diver to enter a cenote nine kilometers from the coast, and come out at sea without ever seeing daylight (Meacham, oral communication)
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suggests that the water balances have taken an overly simplistic view (for example, they assume that the aquifer behaves a porous media, and the karstic nature is not taken into account) , and thus, they are probably flawed.
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The hotels and tourist resorts have advanced state-of-the-art water purification and water treatment facilities. However, the support settlements that typically grow up in support of these facilities lack basic services, such as piped potable water, or sewage collection and treatment systems.
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, Real Academia de Ciencias (Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences) , Revista de la Real Academia de Ciencias, Exactas, FÃsicas, y Naturales de España, V
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527-530. Prado Roque, S., 2000, Estrategia Preliminar para la Aplicación de la PolÃtica de la Gestión del Agua por Cuenca en la Región XII, PenÃnsula de Yucatán.
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Back, 1985, Geology and Hydrogeology and Quaternary Geology of Northeastern Yucatan Peninsula, New Orleans Geological Society, Louisiana, USA, 160 p.
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