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Water Quality in the State of Aguascalientes and its Effects on the Population’s Health

2011; Springer Nature; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-642-05432-7_16

1865-5807

Francisco Javier Avelar-González, Elsa Marcela Ramírez López, Ma. Consolación Martínez Saldaña, Alma L. Guerrero-Barrera, Fernando Jaramillo‐Juárez, José Luís Reyes Sánchez,

Public Health and Environmental Issues

Aguascalientes is a state located in Central Mexico, with a surface area of 5,589 km2 (0.3 per cent of Mexican territory; CONAGUA, 2000). Most of the state of Aguascalientes (87 per cent) has a semi-dry climate, with annual average precipitation of 600 mm (rainy season in the summer) and an annual average temperature of 18°C. Some locations in Aguascalientes (13 per cent) have a warm sub-humid climate, with an annual average precipitation of 700 mm, and an annual average temperature of 16°C. The annual average precipitation in the state is 552 mm, with rainfall (80 per cent) predominant between June and September (CONAGUA, 2004).