The Transfer Process in Mexico’s 1992 Water Law: The Case of the Temoaya River’s Water Board and its Transformation into Irrigation Units (1934-2013)

Authors

  • Jesús Castillo-Nonato Centro de Estudios e Investigación en Desarrollo Sustentable, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/at.v0i5.2537

Abstract

The Temoaya Water Board changed its organizational structure into a Transfer program in 1995. Thereafter, the Temoaya program was transformed into multiple Irrigation Units. As the administering body, the National Water Commission asked these irrigation units to make the necessary arrangements so as to become owners of the Temoaya river water by apportioning them their assigned water volume. Unlike other Districts, Irrigation Units and concessions the transfer process from the 1992 Water Law did not really dismantle the previous organizational structure. To the contrary, users administratively reorganized, making water distribution more efficient. Now each ejido has a Committee on Irrigation and has a concession title. This article aims to document and describe the management and operation of the Water Board and its transformation into Irrigation Units, all of which is documented through fieldwork and archival sources.

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Published

2015-07-25

Issue

No. 5 (2015): Landscape and Urbanism in Hydraulic Cartography

Section

Miscellaneous

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How to Cite

Castillo-Nonato, J. (2015). The Transfer Process in Mexico’s 1992 Water Law: The Case of the Temoaya River’s Water Board and its Transformation into Irrigation Units (1934-2013). Agua Y Territorio Water and Landscape, 5, 99-110. https://doi.org/10.17561/at.v0i5.2537