IWRA World Water Congress 2008 Montpellier France
1. Water availability, use and management
Author(s): Jose Luis González Barrios
Jean Pierre Vandervaere
Ignacio Sánchez Cohen
Guillermo
González Cervantes
Luc Descroix
Jose Luis González Barrios, Ignacio Sánchez Cohen and Guillermo González Cervantes
are Head Researchers form :
INIFAP CENID-RASPA, Mexico. AP 225 Parque Industrial, Gómez Palacio
DGO 35070 MEXICO. Phone: +52(871)7191077 FAX: +52(871)7191134 Email: gonzal
Keyword(s): Infiltration Assessment,
Watershed Management, Hydrological Services
Article: PDFPoster: PDFAbstractWatershed
management for water resources requires the accurate measurement of indicative parameters for a good knowledge
of water cycle compartments. Some process conditioning water transfers in the environment such as: rainfall, runoff,
infiltration, deep percolation, evaporation, water up-take and transpiration by plants, should be quantified for a better
watershed management.
This paper shows an infiltration assessment with Triple Ring Infiltration at Multiple
Suctions method, realized in the upper watershed of Nazas river that is the main source of water supply for
agriculture in a great irrigated area of northern Mexico. This watershed is submitted to strong productive activities for
forestry and agriculture production that cause disturbs on the ways of water cycle with important hydrological
impacts.
The results show that soil surface conditions lead the infiltration process and they can be linked to land
use changes of productive systems. Good practices for soil and water conservation are proposed for a better
management in order to keep the good hydrological services of this watershed.