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Addressing Stressors to Riverine Waters Quality: The Case of the Nexapa River

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A review of some of the stressors to river water quality shows that the inappropriate use of water in agriculture and the use of rivers as sinks for agricultural, industrial and domestic pollution are the main stressors of water quality . The above is aggravated by the effects of climate change on water availability . Often, authorities at all levels pay more or less attention to priority pollutants. However, the problem of pollution is accentuated by the massive use of many chemicals in our daily lives. These substances, which are in ppb and ppt concentrations, are the organic micropollutants . The above was addressed in the sub-basin of the Nexapa River , Puebla, Mexico. The results indicate that the excessive use of water in the irrigation and the transfer of highly polluted water from the Atoyac River, are the factors that condition the ecological flow of the river is not respected, which remains without water in several sections as well as the riverine water quality impairment.

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Authors acknowledge the financial support of the National Council of Science and Technology for the Projects FOSIZA19980806015 (1999–2000) and FOSIZA20020803007 (2002–2005), the funding by the Spanish Agency of Cooperation for Development (AECID) in the project 11-CAP2-1756 (2011–2014), the invaluable support of the Technological University of Izúcar de Matamoros in the aforementioned projects. Author also gratefully acknowledges Dr. Josep M. Bayona, from IDAEA-CSIC, Spain, for the manuscript revision.

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Navarro-Frómeta, A.E., Navarrete-Rosas, D. (2020). Addressing Stressors to Riverine Waters Quality: The Case of the Nexapa River. In: Otazo-Sánchez, E., Navarro-Frómeta, A., Singh, V. (eds) Water Availability and Management in Mexico. Water Science and Technology Library, vol 88. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24962-5_6

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