Water Resources for Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

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Water Resources for Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

• Jose Guerena
• November 21, 2002

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Objective

• The principal objective of this project is to use
  the GIS program to analyze the collected data on
  the state of Sonora and the city of Hermosillo,
  and be able to reach some conclusions from it.

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Location

• The city of Hermosillo is located in the
  northwest part of Mexico, in the middle west part
  of Sonora.
• The exact location of Hermosillo is
• 110º5700 W, 29º0500 N.

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Why?

• Hermosillo is located in a desert, with high
  temperatures and low precipitation the main
  economical activity is agriculture, wish consumes
  most of the available water in the region and
  there have not been a lot of rain in the last 7-8
  years.
• These are the principal reasons why people are
  very concerned about the water resources in
  Hermosillo.

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DATA

• Political Maps
• Mexico, states, cities, United States.
• Geographic coordinates.
• 30 m DEM

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DATA

• Rivers and water bodies of Mexico
• Precipitation data
• General data of Hermosillo
• Population
• Area
• Temperature
• Altitude

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DATA

• Monitoring Points
• Latitude, Longitude
• Qmax, Qmin, Qmed. Per month in rivers.
• Volume, Qin, Qout. Per month in Dams.
• Q per month in water treatment plants.
• Precipitation (date, mm)
• Note The years from wish the data was collected
  varies on each monitoring point. Goes from the
  1937 to 1995.

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What I am trying to find out

• Watershed of Sonora, particulary the one of the
  Rio Sonora and San Miguel.
• Maximum, minimum and mean total precipitation in
  the watershed per year.
• Length and drainage area of the Rio Sonora.

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What I am trying to find out

• Qmax, Qmin, Qmed for the Rio Sonora.
• Return periods for rains and droughts, and also
  the duration of the last ones.
• A mass balance on the dam.

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Questions ???