translated from Spanish: They endorse water extraction in Sinaloa dam for crop irrigation

Los Mochis, Sinaloa.- The Irrigation District 075 of the National Water Commission in Los Mochis authorized the first 100 million cubic meters that will be extracted from the Miguel Hidalgo dam to grant them to the users of the irrigation modules for the advanced crops, reported Ricardo Ramón Rodríguez Camarena. We have just authorized the 100 million volume advanced, they have already authorized it, the network has already been informed.” The head of the Irrigation District 075 of the Conagua said that they were waiting for the first demand for water that would be requested by the Major Network of the Valle del Fuerte and already on Monday begin with the irrigation of the advanced crops, especially vegetables and legumes. He explained that the request is made based on the amount of water presented by each irrigation module.” And we, based on that, deliver the volumes to them.” He added that before the end of September they will make an assessment of the volumes of water that are in the dams to authorize the irrigation plan of the autumn-winter cycle.” Before the end of the month, around the 24th, based on the volumes we have, we are going to make a forecast that we can offer them, how much volume to the modules, remember that they have a concession, of that volume of concession of them how much is the water that we are going to be able to give them, if it’s 100 or 80 percent, it all depends on the volume we have in the system.” He mentioned that last year the irrigation modules were given 80 percent of their concession, so he stressed that on September 24 they will know how much water they can start the next cycle with. He stressed that compared to last year, at this time there is less volume in the dams, because in total in the system yesterday was 3 thousand 770 million cubic meters that represents 57.7 percent of storage, and last year on this same date there was a storage of 3 thousand 950 million cubic meters, 60 percent, which marks a difference of 2.7 percent from last year. The Conagua official said that what there is more is humidity in the field, which could mean a saving of water for the first irrigation. Read more: Second vaccination begins for those 40 to 49 years old in Los Mochis “Last year the first month we used 400 million cubic meters to establish the first irrigation because there was no humidity. With this humidity that we have, if right now we gave the irrigation as last year, because those 400 million are going to become 300 million cubic meters, there is a fairly considerable saving. ”



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