2024-07-27 00:57:16
The Morelia City Council (Michoacan) identified nine points in the south of the city where the water is used agua to irrigate strawberry crops and avocado orchards, for which it will ask the National Water Commission (With water) to verify whether they have a license, said the secretary of Government, Yankel Benitez Silva.
Following the reports received by the municipal authority regarding the use of water in San Miguel del Monte, Atecuaro y Santiago Undameo, Wells, pots, dams and diversions of streams were identified for irrigation of the indicated products.
Disputed Benitez Silva Regarding the reports, he said: “We have the images and we are going to notify Conagua because we cannot anticipate, we do not know if they have permits or not, because they are on private land.”
The town hall secretary said that as of last Saturday, only reports from those points had been received and confirmed.
The conflict over water during the last drought season generated controversy, especially in the area of influence of the Purépecha culture, since it was this town that denounced thewater use in various areas, such as the lakes of Pátzcuaro and Zirahuén, where they reported having found around 800 pots for irrigation, in addition to having detected the looting of water from Lake Pátzcuaro, for the same purposes.
Other municipalities affected by the installation of agricultural pots were Villa Maderoin addition to rivers and dams experiencing very low water levels.
IMPACT OF DROUGHT
84 percent of the state territory presents some degree of drought, for this reason the Secretariat of the Environment (Secma) calls to promote and carry out actions in the daily routine for the care of water.
And currently 110 of 113 municipalities in the state They are affected by some degree of drought, of which 63 are extreme, 30 are severe, nine are moderate and eight are abnormally dry.
While the state’s dams are experiencing a low availability of 59 percent on average.
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2024-07-27 00:57:16