Year: 1991
Type: article
Abstract: The proposed lining of the All-American Canal is a matter of profound concern in Mexico.The groundwater recharge will be significantly reduced affecting 121 wells in Mexico and more than 33, 000 acres of farmland.The damages are estimated at more than $80 million per year.Mexico is urged to take a strong position opposing the lining project.Mexico is disturbed by the plan to line the All-American Canal in the area known as Las.Dunas for a stretch of almost 60 kms,' because it exactly coincides with the Northern area of deep wells on the Mexican side.Technical personnel of the Imperial Irrigation District have estimated 2 that with the lining of only this section of the canal savings in the order of 100,000 acre-feet per year will be attained, which curiously enough is the volume that was agreed to be delivered to the Metropolitan Water District of Los Angeles.The Chief of the Wells Department of the National Water Commission of the State of Baja California reports that their studies indicate 3 that 60 percent of the annual recharge of the subterranean aquifer of the Mexicali Valley is due to subterranean flows.The most important recharge contributions come from the Colorado River itself, and the northern border with the State of California with an annual contribution of almost 100 million cubic meters.Other recharge comes from Arizona in the amount of 70 million cubic meters per year and lastly the sandy mesa with 50 million cubic meters per year.Notwithstanding the above, in the month of December of 1988, the Imperial Valley Irrigation District made public a document entitled Water Conservation Implementation Plan (WCIP), which among other aspects,
Author: J. Roman Calleros
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3164097359