Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México
<p>Land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal has been developing in the Aguascalientes Valley since the 1980's. Even though the affected area is close to 900 km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>2</sup></span>, and the sinking velocity is up...
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| author | J. Pacheco-Martínez M. Hernández-Marín M. E. Zermeño-de-León N. González-Cervantes N. González-Cervantes J. A. Ortiz-Lozano O. Vázquez-Gloria A. Roque-Cruz |
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| description | <p>Land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal has been
developing in the Aguascalientes Valley since the 1980's.
Even though the affected area is close to 900 km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>2</sup></span>, and the sinking velocity
is up to 10 cm yr<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span> in some zones, the main concern for valley inhabitants
and local government is the occurrence of subsidence-related cracks and
failures, which are developed in the surface terrain and damage buildings
and infrastructure. In order to face this problem, the state government of
Aguascalientes set up in 1994 an interinstitutional committee which is
integrated by four working groups: (1) technical studies, (2) equilibrium of the
aquifer, (3) normativity and cartography, and (4) attention to damaged
infrastructure. Each working group integrates several public and private
agencies whose activities are influenced by the in-progress subsidence
process. Federal, state and municipal water management agencies, as well as
government bureaus of urban planning and public works are included in the
committee. Also, the state university and some professional state
associations such as civil engineers and earth sciences engineers are
actively involved in the committee, along with the National Institute of
Statistics, Geography and Informatics, which is the federal agency addressed
to produce official cartography in Mexico. Some agencies participate not
only in one working group but in those that fall in their interest,
therefore, many agencies are contributing to several working groups
objectives. In this work, we present a summarize of the work developed for
the committee since its creation, and about its evolution and current
organization. It is presented an analysis and discussion of the changes that
the committee has experienced in their objectives and applied methods to
address the evolution of the fissuring problem, and how their results have
helped to prevent and to mitigate the land subsidence effects. Also, the
mechanisms implemented to inform to the general public about the subsidence
process and its effects; besides of the expected challenges that the
committee will enfaces in the near and far future. This work intends to
share the experiences of the committee hoping to be useful to other
government agencies and earth scientists dealing with the land subsidence
problem.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9ac3dad73a624264a380cbf517db3e8f2022-12-22T02:43:46ZengCopernicus PublicationsProceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences2199-89812199-899X2020-04-0138279179510.5194/piahs-382-791-2020Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, MéxicoJ. Pacheco-Martínez0M. Hernández-Marín1M. E. Zermeño-de-León2N. González-Cervantes3N. González-Cervantes4J. A. Ortiz-Lozano5O. Vázquez-Gloria6A. Roque-Cruz7Departamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoCentro de Geociencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Querétaro, 76230, MéxicoDepartamento de Ingeniería Civil, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoCentro de Ciencias del Diseño y de la Construcción, Univ, Aut. de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, MéxicoSEGUOT, Gobierno del estado de Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, 20131, México<p>Land subsidence due to groundwater withdrawal has been developing in the Aguascalientes Valley since the 1980's. Even though the affected area is close to 900 km<span class="inline-formula"><sup>2</sup></span>, and the sinking velocity is up to 10 cm yr<span class="inline-formula"><sup>−1</sup></span> in some zones, the main concern for valley inhabitants and local government is the occurrence of subsidence-related cracks and failures, which are developed in the surface terrain and damage buildings and infrastructure. In order to face this problem, the state government of Aguascalientes set up in 1994 an interinstitutional committee which is integrated by four working groups: (1) technical studies, (2) equilibrium of the aquifer, (3) normativity and cartography, and (4) attention to damaged infrastructure. Each working group integrates several public and private agencies whose activities are influenced by the in-progress subsidence process. Federal, state and municipal water management agencies, as well as government bureaus of urban planning and public works are included in the committee. Also, the state university and some professional state associations such as civil engineers and earth sciences engineers are actively involved in the committee, along with the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics, which is the federal agency addressed to produce official cartography in Mexico. Some agencies participate not only in one working group but in those that fall in their interest, therefore, many agencies are contributing to several working groups objectives. In this work, we present a summarize of the work developed for the committee since its creation, and about its evolution and current organization. It is presented an analysis and discussion of the changes that the committee has experienced in their objectives and applied methods to address the evolution of the fissuring problem, and how their results have helped to prevent and to mitigate the land subsidence effects. Also, the mechanisms implemented to inform to the general public about the subsidence process and its effects; besides of the expected challenges that the committee will enfaces in the near and far future. This work intends to share the experiences of the committee hoping to be useful to other government agencies and earth scientists dealing with the land subsidence problem.</p>https://www.proc-iahs.net/382/791/2020/piahs-382-791-2020.pdf |
| spellingShingle | J. Pacheco-Martínez M. Hernández-Marín M. E. Zermeño-de-León N. González-Cervantes N. González-Cervantes J. A. Ortiz-Lozano O. Vázquez-Gloria A. Roque-Cruz Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences |
| title | Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México |
| title_full | Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México |
| title_fullStr | Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México |
| title_full_unstemmed | Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México |
| title_short | Committee for managing the risk by Faults and Cracks due to subsidence in Aguascalientes State, México |
| title_sort | committee for managing the risk by faults and cracks due to subsidence in aguascalientes state mexico |
| url | https://www.proc-iahs.net/382/791/2020/piahs-382-791-2020.pdf |
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