The Conselva environmental organization ha proposed An Acitizen water gendawhere government and society work together for protect the most valuable natural resource what we have, the water.
He proposes that the decisions and projects on how to care for natural environment where water falls must be taken from coordinated way.
Invite build a common agenda for water where the actions of the government, productive sectors, companies, academy and society to common objectives and secure the water availability and quality It required.
The agency warns that the basins in the mountains are capturing less waterthat the rains are scarce and in some cases they appear torrential, there are deforested hillswith degraded soils and vegetation which reduces the natural capacity for rain to be captured and converted into rivers and aquifers, consequently, we have rivers and springs that dry up in a short time, leaving dams, communities, livestock and wildlife without water. .
The bet is on the efficient use of water, planting trees, taking care of the plants and vegetation that are in the basins, Conselva in the south of the state has long since begun to draw hydrological models where it is defined where we must begin to restore the damage, recharging aquifers, recovering hydrological sites.
If water is a resource that needs to be managed in the long term, then it is necessary to implement a citizen water agenda beyond the government periods of 3 or 6 years, whoever comes to govern must remain independently.
For now, in the south of Sinaloa work has already begun, the organization, knowledge and agreement have begun to bear fruit, 29% of the people already know where the water comes from, intersectoral groups such as Voces Unidas have been formed for Water, entrepreneurs from 11 productive sectors are coordinated and a water fund has been formed that serves to operate an integrated watershed management plan.
It is a great challenge to make the use of water efficient on a daily basis and in different economic activities.
In the agricultural sector alone there are estimates of efficiency of 40%, of every 100 liters only 40 reach the plot level, argues the Conselva organization, they are lost in driving.
In the city, the average efficiency is 50%, it is highlighted that of the 100% of the concessioned water, 94% is used in agriculture, despite the fact that there is a waste of 50% in the cities, the most important volume is lost in agriculture, so it is necessary to implement different actions, planning with projects to make the use of water in the countryside more efficient and working in cities with water operating organizations and boards with infrastructure restoration projects.
The challenge is in two ways, the water operating organizations reviewing and supervising the correct use of water in agricultural areas, in cities and in industry, and society as a whole taking specific actions for the care and reasonable use of water. .
We need to restore and build where man has done damage, plant trees, take care of the plants that are in the watersheds, recharge the aquifers in drought regions.
Some day-to-day actions would be not to waste water by sweeping sidewalks, taking care of the water levels in toilets, capturing water from the shower to recycle in other uses, separating gray water from the shower and washing to reuse it.
It is a good time to learn, work and overcome the drought crisis we are experiencing and learn from it if we want to leave a certain future for the next generations.
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