{"id":29182,"key":"Oaxaca_Water_Quality_Forum","title":"Oaxaca Water Quality Forum","latest":{"id":1270790,"timestamp":"2026-09-14T15:22:02Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"[[File:100 1914.JPG|thumb|Water Samples from Oaxacan drinking water sites testing positive for pathogens including ecoli.]]\n\nThe 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.\n\n== Water Quality Topics Discussed ==\n\n<gallery>\nFile:100_1932.JPG| Water for Humans representative speaking about the Future plans at the Etla Waste Water Treatment plant\nFile: 100_1923.JPG| Concerned attendant at forum speaking up about contamination\n</gallery>\n\n=== The Need for Healthy Forests ===\n\nForests affect watershed quality. Cutting down forests removes a protective layer over the soil and increases rains erosive impacts.\n\nFor more info see [File:Las Presas:Los Bosques: Fuente Fundamental De Vida]in Spanish\n\n=== Desertification ===\n\nFor more info see [File:La Amenaza De La Desertification]\n\n=== Food and Water for Everyone ===\n\nFor more info see [File:Alimentos y Agua Para Todos]\n\n=== Impacts of Large Dams and Hydropower ===\n\nThere 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.\nProblems from Dams discussed:\n\n* 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.\n* 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.\n\nFor more info see [File:Las Presas: La Enfermedad del Gigantismo] in Spanish\n\n=== Climate Change Impacts on Water Availability ===\n\nFor more info see [File:Mucha Agua o Muy Poca]in Spanish\n\n=== Making the city of Oaxaca Sustainable ===\n\nFor more info see [File:Hacer de Oaxaca una Ciudad Sustentable]in Spanish\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Water quality, water treatment, water distribution, wastewater\n| sdg = SDG06 Clean water and sanitation\n| location = Oaxaca, Mexico\n| coordinates = 17° 0' 0.00\" N, 96° 30' 0.00\" W\n}}\n\n[[Category:Water quality]]\n[[Category:Water treatment]]\n[[Category:Water distribution]]\n[[Category:Wastewater]]"}