Río Verde (Jalisco)

Río Verde (Spanish for "green river") is a river in central Mexico. It is a tributary of the Río Grande de Santiago. Its basin is mostly in the state of Jalisco, and extends into portions of Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosí.

Río Verde
Location
CountryMexico
StatesJalisco, Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, and San Luis Potosí
Physical characteristics
Mouth 
 • location
Río Grande de Santiago

Proposed dams

Two dams are proposed on the Río Verde. El Purgatorio reservoir is proposed on the lower river, near its confluence with the Rio Grande de Santiago.[1] It is intended to supply drinking water to the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area.[2] Construction of the dam began in 2011. The Jalisco communities of Temacapulín, Palmarejo, and Acasico, which would be permanently flooded by the reservoir, have opposed the project, and succeeded in delaying its completion with lawsuits. As of August 2021 the dam is not completed and work had not resumed.[3]

The El Zapotillo dam site is further upstream on the Río Verde. It is intended to produce water for Guadalajara and for León, which lies immediately southeast of the Río Verde basin.[4] Work on El Zapotillo dam was also suspended, and as of August 2021 had not resumed.[3]

See also

References
  1. "El Purgatorio reservoir". Business News Americas. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  2. Jayme-Torres, Gonzalo; Hansen, Anne (4 October 2017). "Nutrient loads in the river mouth of the Río Verde basin in Jalisco, Mexico: how to prevent eutrophication in the future reservoir?". Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25 (21): 20497–20509. doi:10.1007/s11356-017-0334-2. PMID 28980187. S2CID 4053291.
  3. "Mexico mulls water solutions for Guanajuato". Business News Americas. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. "Spotlight: Can Mexico's El Zapotillo project be revived?". 31 July 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.


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