|
|
| Line 1: |
Line 1: |
| | | Hah, seriously? That's rediculous. No way |
| The Oaxaca Water Quality Forum (called Foro Oaxaqueño del Agua in spanish) is a meeting that brings together concerned members of the public, nonprofits, and government officials to discuss water quality issues and possible solutions in Oaxaca, Mexico.
| |
| | |
| | |
| ==Water Quality Topics Discussed==
| |
| | |
| <gallery>
| |
| File:100_1932.JPG| Water for Humans representative speaking about the Future plans at the Etla Waste Water Treatment plant
| |
| File:100_1914.JPG| Water Samples from Oaxacan drinking water sites testing positive for pathogens including ecoli.
| |
| File: 100_1923.JPG| Concerned attendant at forum speaking up about contamination
| |
| </gallery>
| |
| | |
| ===The Need for Healthy Forests===
| |
| Forests affect watershed quality. Cutting down forests removes a protective layer over the soil and increases rains erosive impacts.
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:Las Presas:Los Bosques: Fuente Fundamental De Vida]in Spanish
| |
| | |
| ===Desertification===
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:La Amenaza De La Desertification]
| |
| | |
| ===Food and Water for Everyone===
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:Alimentos y Agua Para Todos]
| |
| | |
| ===Impacts of Large Dams and Hydropower===
| |
| There are 667 dams in Mexico, which have altered or fragmented about 60% of the rivers in Mexico. 40- 60 million people have been displaced for these dams directly, and possible 60-100 million have been displaced indirectly. About 30 to 40% of the farms in Mexico are irrigated with the water from these dams and 19% of the electricity is generated.
| |
| Problems from Dams discussed:
| |
| *Those people displaced by a dam are often relocated to areas much higher up in areas of dense forest and sloped hillsides, where they need to cut the forest in order to make for themselves a new home and farm. Forest removal reduces the precipitation and therefore reduces the current of the river, making the seasonal influx become permanent.
| |
| | |
| *The diversion of water from its normal course and naturally irrigated areas to artificially irrigated areas creates problems of saturation and salinity in the soil.
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:Las Presas: La Enfermedad del Gigantismo] in Spanish
| |
| | |
| ===Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability===
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:Mucha Agua o Muy Poca]in Spanish
| |
| | |
| ===Making the city of Oaxaca Sustainable===
| |
| | |
| For more info see [File:Hacer de Oaxaca una Ciudad Sustentable]in Spanish
| |
| | |
| | |
| [[Category:Oaxaca]]
| |
| [[Category:Mexico]]
| |
| [[Category:Water quality]]
| |
| [[Category: Water treatment]]
| |
| [[Category:Water distribution]]
| |
| [[Category: Wastewater]]
| |
