NEWS
Here you can see the visits, trips and activities carried out in this course.
Puerto Peñasco, Sonora.
Part of the students and professors of the US-Mexico TEAM are in the city of Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, México. The reason of this trip was to promote the social and academic interactions of the participants from both institutions, as well as learn about water management, sustainable and ecological developments in a coastal city with a large influx of tourists.
The first activity was the visit to the Municipal Operating Body of Drinking Water, Sewerage and Sanitation (OOMAPAS) from Puerto Peñasco, where we were received by the General Director Hesdin Soto and the Technical Director Javier Franco, who told us about how the city water supply system works.
Puerto Peñasco is a coastal city in the middle of desert of Altar, for which it doesn’t count with surface fresh water. The directors from OOMAPAS explained us that the main water supply are aquifers and that right now they have 11 extraction wells. Besides from the supply, they also explained us about the water distribution system, its efficiency and their future plans to continue improving their service and face the population and tourist growth.
Thank you to OOMAPAS Puerto Peñasco for receiving at their facilities the US-Mexico TEAM.
Also during the trip to Puerto Peñasco, the participants of US-Mexico TEAM not only had the opportunity to talk with representatives of the municipality, one of the objectives of the trip was to get to know each other, so we took one evening to have a little discussion where each participant presented their research scope and briefly explained their thesis topics. Take a look at the most recurrent ones during this discussion.
The first activity was the visit to the Municipal Operating Body of Drinking Water, Sewerage and Sanitation (OOMAPAS) from Puerto Peñasco, where we were received by the General Director Hesdin Soto and the Technical Director Javier Franco, who told us about how the city water supply system works.
Puerto Peñasco is a coastal city in the middle of desert of Altar, for which it doesn’t count with surface fresh water. The directors from OOMAPAS explained us that the main water supply are aquifers and that right now they have 11 extraction wells. Besides from the supply, they also explained us about the water distribution system, its efficiency and their future plans to continue improving their service and face the population and tourist growth.
Thank you to OOMAPAS Puerto Peñasco for receiving at their facilities the US-Mexico TEAM.
Also during the trip to Puerto Peñasco, the participants of US-Mexico TEAM not only had the opportunity to talk with representatives of the municipality, one of the objectives of the trip was to get to know each other, so we took one evening to have a little discussion where each participant presented their research scope and briefly explained their thesis topics. Take a look at the most recurrent ones during this discussion.
Yaqui River Irrigation District, Ciudad Obregón.
On september 17th the ITSON students went to visit the Yaqui River Irrigation District and this is what we learned.
Central Arizona Project (CAP).
Members of the US-Mexico TEAM project made a technical visit to the headquarters of the Central Arizona Project (CAP) located in Phoenix, Arizona, where Chuck Cullom and Orestes Morfin gave a technical talk explaining the elements that conform CAP, who its beneficiaries are and how they are prioritized, their role in agriculture in Arizona, as well as the challenges and opportunities for the future.
A big thank you to the Central Arizona Project for opening their doors to the US-Mexico TEAM and sharing valuable knowledge.
A big thank you to the Central Arizona Project for opening their doors to the US-Mexico TEAM and sharing valuable knowledge.
Cajeme, Sonora.
Yaqui Valley Institute of Technology (ITVY).
We visited the monitoring station at ITVY where our colleague Francisco from ITSON told us about his project involving estimations of soil moisture with the cosmic ray neutron sensor (CRNS) at an intermediate scale. The correct application of this technology will consumption in regions where gravity irrigation is mostly meteorological sensors to measure solar and terrestrial radiation, precipitation, air temperature, humidity, among others. allow us to optimize water employed. In addition, there are Likewise, Eddy Covariance tower is installed which allows us to an know the exchange of energy and gas fluxes, such as evapotranspiration, between the earth's surface and the atmosphere.
Oviachic dam.
Oviachic dam It is part of the dam system of the Yaqui River basin. The dam has a capacity of 3,227 million cubic meters. Its main use for agriculture. The water from this dam has about 22, 168 users. Currently, there are 1,520 million cubic meters, which represents 47% of its total capacity.
National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research (INIFAP).
Members of the US-Mexico TEAM project visited INIFAP (National Institute of Agricultural and Livestock Forestry Research), where Dr. Juan Manuel Cortés talked about the projects taking place in this research center focused on sustainable and organic agriculture; the work that has been done in order to remove harmful herbicides, such as glyphosate, and incorporate natural herbicides. In addition, M.S. José Eliseo Ortiz explained the main issues occurring in the Yaqui Valley related to water storage system efficiency, water availability, irrigation practices, and water loss.
Yaquis' Museum
On the last day of visit to Ciudad Obregon, we visited the Yaquis' Museum, installations dedicated to commemorate the customs and habits of the Yaqui tribe. From which Ciudad Obregon's culture is heavily influenced.
Ak Chin Farms, Arizona.
Ak-Chin Farms Enterprises is the Community's agricultural business with 15,000 acres, making it one of the largest agricultural communities in the country. Agriculture is supported by irrigation with water from the Colorado River. On November 18, US-MEXICO TEAM visited Ak Chin Farm, having the opportunity to talk with field personnel who explained the crops and history of the farm.
Ak-Chin is an O'odham word translated to mean "mouth of the wash" or "place where the wash loses itself in the sand or ground." The Ak-Chin Indian Community is nestled into the Santa Cruz Valley of Southern Arizona in Pinal County, 35 miles south of Phoenix near the City of Maricopa.
Ak-Chin is an O'odham word translated to mean "mouth of the wash" or "place where the wash loses itself in the sand or ground." The Ak-Chin Indian Community is nestled into the Santa Cruz Valley of Southern Arizona in Pinal County, 35 miles south of Phoenix near the City of Maricopa.
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