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Anne M. Hansen
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Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Jiutepec, Mexico
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Manfred Afferden
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Mexican Institute of Water Technology, Jiutepec, Mexico
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Table of contents (16 chapters)
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Natural Resources and Management in the Basin
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- Pedro F. Zárate-Del Valle, François Michaud, Claude Parrón, Gabriel Solana-Espinoza, Isabel Israde-Alcántara, Hermes U. RamÃrez-Sánchez et al.
Pages 31-57
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- BenjamÃn de León-Mojarro, Raúl Medina-Mendoza, Arturo González-Casillas
Pages 59-92
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Pollution and Health
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- Anne M. Hansen, Manfred van Afferden
Pages 95-121
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- Jenny Ayla Jay, Tim E. Ford
Pages 123-136
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Lake Chapala
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Front Matter
Pages 137-137
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- Owen T. Lind, Laura Dávalos-Lind
Pages 139-149
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- Anatoliy E. Filonov, Irina E. Tereshchenko, César O. Monzón
Pages 151-182
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- José de Anda, Harvey Shear
Pages 183-198
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- Laura Dávalos-Lind, Owen T. Lind
Pages 199-214
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- Rodrigo Moncayo-Estrada, Héctor René Buelna-Osben
Pages 215-242
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Social and Economical Aspects
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Front Matter
Pages 243-243
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- Sonia Dávila-Poblete, Ana Helena Treviño-Carrillo
Pages 269-290
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- Christopher A. Scott, Paula Silva-Ochoa, ValentÃn Florencio-Cruz, Philippus Wester
Pages 291-323
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- Juan Manuel Huerta, Montserrat Serra, Ricardo Sandoval
Pages 325-341
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- Philippus Wester, Roberto Melville, Sergio Ramos-Osorio
Pages 343-369
About this book
James O. Leckie Environmental Engineering and Science Program, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305-4020, USA Nearly 10 years have passed since the beginning of the systematic studies of the Lerma-Chapala Basin coordinated by the Instituto Mexicano de Tecnologia del Agua. Although many public and private institutions, universities and research centers have conducted studies on the Lerma Chapala Basin over the last two decades, the need for a comprehensive summary of the findings of those studies has become increasingly obvious and important for this critical water resource. The Lerma-Chapala Basin is located in the central part of Mexico, and partly occupies five states. The watershed comprises the Lerma river and Lake Chapala. With a length of over 700 km, the tributary watershed covers 2 approximately 54,000 km . The basin accounts for more than one-third of the country's economic activity, one-fifth of all commerce and one-eighth of the nation's agricultural land. The watershed receives 3% of the country's total rainfall, less than 1 % of the runoff, and accounts for 13% of the total groundwater.