Description:
The Mexican Institute of Water Technology (IMTA), with funds from the Inter-American Development Bank (BID) in coordination with the National Institute of Ecology and Climate Change (INECC), hired the consortium led by AxisIMA in alliance with PyG Estructuras Ambientales, ACUAMED (Spain) and the consultant Rafael Sánchez Navarro to make a diagnosis of current conditions of the Alvarado (Veracruz) wetlands for future development planning. Two specific study areas were determined: water quality and sediments & siltation.
AxisIMA® Services:
-Estimation of urban, rural and industrial wastewater discharge.
-Flow of pollutants.
-Pressure – State – Response Analysis (PER).
-Determination of the water quality index (ICA) of the Alvarado lagoon.
-Calculation of the loading capacity of the Alvarado lagoon and the wetland.
-Estimation of sediment supply at the sub-basin level, transport of suspended sediments and estimation of siltation in the lagoon.
-Search and consultation of specialized bibliography, public databases and interviews with residents, validation of this information through field sampling.
-Generation of sediment and pollutant carryover models in the Papaloapan river basin.
-Analysis of contamination by products of factories and industry through wastewater.
-Evaluation of the degree of contamination and siltation of the water in the Alvarado Lagoon, sampling of water quality and indicators of siltation within the lagoon.
Conclusions:
At the end of the work, a description of the current state of conservation of the ecosystems existing in the sub-basins surrounding the Alvarado wetland was prepared. Likewise, adaptation tools were developed and workshops were given to experts and decision makers to define strategies and community workshops to define adaptation measures to climate change.
