Effects on Groundwater Quality of the Urban Area of Puebla Aquifer

Salcedo-Sánchez, Edith R.; Ocampo-Astudillo, Ariadna; Garrido-Hoyos, Sofía Esperanza; Martínez-Morales, Manuel

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24962-5_9

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“…The aquifer's water storage decreases by 38.29 Mm 3 /yr, causing a decrement of the annual average static water level of 2 m. In some areas in the south of Puebla's central city, the static water level has decreased by up to 80 m between 1973 and 2002, or an average annual decrease of 2.75 m [13,69]. The current decline in water levels should be more severe, compromising regional water security [66,67]. Overexploitation of the aquifer implies risks in soil mechanics, which can generate soil subsidence and mega-sinkholes such as the one that appeared in 2021 in Santa María Zacatepec (Santa María Zacatepec is a town in the municipality of Juan C. Bonilla, adjacent to Puebla municipality) [90].…”

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“…The LPWCs are mainly supplied with groundwater from the area of San Pablo del Monte (Tlaxcala) and surroundings (located in the vicinity of the Malinche volcano) because it's low-hardness water, which contrasts with the high hardness of the groundwater of the City of Puebla [66,69]. Using low-hardness water helps them reduce maintenance and operating costs.…”

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“…In the case of the city of Puebla, the historical evolution of the appropriation of water and its relationship to power struggles, wars, and socioeconomic transformation were analyzed within the framework of social metabolism [53,54]. Besides water availability and quality studies [55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66][67][68][69][70], a study evaluating the potential for rainwater harvesting in parking lots, utilizing a system dynamics model, is the most similar quantification exercise, yet it only pays attention to one fraction of urban water flows in the city of Puebla [71].…”

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Puebla City Water Supply from the Perspective of Urban Water Metabolism

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The city of Puebla is a mid-sized Mexican city facing multiple water-related challenges, from overexploitation of water sources and extreme pollution of rivers to water conflicts and contestation processes due to the privatization of water supply. Due to the complexity of urban water systems and their relevance for urban life, a holistic and integrative perspective is therefore needed to inform policymakers addressing such challenges. In this paper, Urban Water Metabolism (UWM) has been used to offer a comprehensive understanding of current water insecurity in the City of Puebla and its metropolitan area. Water inflows and outflows have been estimated using the Material Flow Analysis (MFA) method with data either obtained from official sources or simulated with the Monte Carlo method. Our findings show that the UWM configuration in the City of Puebla and its metropolitan area is effective for generating profits for service providers and water-related businesses, yet ineffective for guaranteeing citizens’ Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS), a right recognized in the Constitution of Mexico. We conclude that to advance towards an inclusive and sustainable long-term provision of water, economic goals must follow socio-ecological goals, not the other way around. We consider UWM accounting useful for informing policy and decision-making processes seeking to build a new water governance based on both the best available knowledge and inclusive and vibrant social participation.

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The development of a hydrogeophysical model as a tool for groundwater risk assessment: a case study in the critical region of the Toluca Valley Aquifer, Mexico

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Puebla City Water Supply from the Perspective of Urban Water Metabolism

Pérez-González,

Delgado-Ramos,

Cedillo Ramírez

et al. 2023

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Urban population growth and the expansion of the built environment, pollution, overexploitation of water, inequality in water distribution, and the impacts of climate change in future availability of water, are all elements that jeopardize urban water security. Due to the complexity of urban water systems and their relevance for urban life, a holistic and integrative perspective is therefore needed to address such challenges. In this paper, Urban Water Metabolism (UWM) has been used for comprehensively understanding water (in)security in the City of Puebla (Mexico) and its metropolitan area. Water inflows and outflows have been estimated using a Material Flow Analysis (MFA) method with data either obtained from official sources or simulated with the Monte Carlo method. Our findings show that the UWM configuration in the City of Puebla and its metropolitan area is effective for generating profits to service providers and water related business, yet ineffective to guarantee citizens’ Human Right to Water and Sanitation (HRWS), a right recognized in the Constitution of Mexico. We conclude that to advance towards an inclusive and sustainable provision of water, economic interests must be reconsidered and therefore adjusted so they can be in line with such aspirational socioecological goals. UWM accounting can therefore inform new water governance arrangements, those based on both the best available knowledge and a vibrant participation of all relevant stakeholders.

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Effects on Groundwater Quality of the Urban Area of Puebla Aquifer

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Puebla City Water Supply from the Perspective of Urban Water Metabolism

Puebla City Water Supply from the Perspective of Urban Water Metabolism

The development of a hydrogeophysical model as a tool for groundwater risk assessment: a case study in the critical region of the Toluca Valley Aquifer, Mexico

Puebla City Water Supply from the Perspective of Urban Water Metabolism

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