Editor.
The Realito Dam, which is situated on the
borders of San Luis Potosi and Guanajuato, is destined to supply domestic water
to the cities of San Luis Potosi, Celaya and San Miguel. The dam is completed
and the aqueduct is presently under construction.
It is important this community is aware of
the details of this project and how it will affect our water supply.
Dr. Marcos
Adrian Ortega of the UNAM Geosciences Center, who heads the research
into our aquifer, commented on this development during his talk at El Charco on
March 23. He made it clear this was the beginning of the privatization of water
in our area, since the distribution will be commercialized, increasing the cost
to the consumer. In his view the state should never lose control of the administration
of water.
One of the aqueducts will bring water to
San Luis Potosi and another will cross the watershed and bring it to San Miguel
de Allende and Celaya. These aqueducts range from 100 to 140 KM Another problem, Dr. Ortega mentioned, was
the protection of the aqueduct. The present domestic water supply to San Luis
de la Paz has many times the accepted levels of arsenic and fluoride and Dr.
Mora and San Jose Iturbide to a lesser degree. He asks if they will have to put
soldiers to protect the aqueduct like Pemex does to protect their gasoline
pipes?
He also said big dams cause great
environment damage, including destruction of many communities.
At a previous meeting, Dr. Ortega said the
Realito dam will have little or no affect on our aquifer, and this is contrary
to statements made by politicians. The water level of our aquifer is declining
at an alarming rate.
The problem, Dr. Ortega said, is central to
the privatization of water that exists at the international level and warns the
solution will not come from the same group of people who are giving the
guidelines.
Robin Luxmoore
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