Distribución espacial y temporal de aprovechamientos de agua del acuífero del Valle de Tecamachalco, Puebla
- Hernández-Vivanco, Lucía
- Villarreal-Manzo, Luis Alberto
- Ramírez-Valverde, Benito
- Ocampo-Fletes, Ignacio
- Jaramillo-Villanueva, José Luis
- Ortiz-Espejel, Benjamín
ISSN: 0121-7607
Year of publication: 2018
Issue Title: Metabolismo hídrico, ecología del paisaje, sostenibilidad ambiental y restauración ecológica
Volume: 22
Issue: 42
Type: Article
More publications in: Ambiente y Desarrollo
Abstract
This research was conducted in order to analyze the geospatial distribution of the water exploitation in the aquifer Valle de Tecamachalco, Puebla, México, aiming to identify the zones with higher water exploitation density and higher water use intensity. Based on data from the Water Right Public Records of the Water National Commission, taken from 1994 to 2014, 1 286 exploitation points were identified with a licensed volume of 194 223 870.9 cubic meters per year. Spatial analysis through the kernel density estimation allowed to determine the occurrence probability and spatial location of either water exploitations points or deep wells. It also allowed the geographic differentiation within the aquifer based on their distribution. This method enabled to produce isopleth maps that represent sets of points in the space. The outcomes indicated a 78% prevalence of wells for farming use, followed by those for public-urban use with 16.7%. The distribution pattern shows that the areas with higher density of deep wells are located in the towns Palmar de Bravo and Quecholac and also indicates the higher extraction zone.