{"id":375506,"date":"2023-12-18T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T08:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/?p=375506"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T20:11:51","slug":"avances-en-la-guerra-del-agua-en-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/_es\/commentary\/2023\/12\/californias-water-wars-breakthroughs\/","title":{"rendered":"Las guerras por el agua en California logran algunos avances, pero se avecinan m\u00e1s enfrentamientos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>La pol\u00edtica de <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/explainers\/water-policy-explained-california-delta-reservoir-water-conservation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">agua en california<\/a> podr\u00eda compararse con el constante rozamiento de placas tect\u00f3nicas a 10 millas o m\u00e1s debajo de su superficie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>La Placa del Pac\u00edfico lucha con la Placa de Am\u00e9rica del Norte por el dominio a lo largo de la falla de San Andr\u00e9s de 800 millas de largo que recorre la costa de California. Cuando uno cede, el Estado sufre un terremoto.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>De manera similar, los intereses h\u00eddricos de California (agricultores, ciudades y ambientalistas, principalmente, con un n\u00famero infinito de subgrupos) luchan constantemente sobre c\u00f3mo se repartir\u00e1n los suministros de agua del estado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los conflictos de los b\u00fafalos de agua, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/archives\/la-xpm-2009-aug-20-me-cap20-story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">como han sido denominados<\/a>, se desarrollan en los \u00e1mbitos legislativos, en las numerosas agencias gubernamentales federales, estatales y locales que gestionan la distribuci\u00f3n del agua y, cada vez m\u00e1s, en los tribunales estatales y federales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sus luchas demoledoras han estado en marcha desde que California es un estado (173 a\u00f1os), pero en ocasiones, a veces separadas por d\u00e9cadas, se produjeron acciones importantes. <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-drought-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cambiar el paisaje acu\u00e1tico de California<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta parece ser una de esas ocasiones. La reciente experiencia de California de <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/california-drought-monitor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sequ\u00eda seguida de lluvias torrenciales y tormentas de nieve<\/a> parece haber impulsado a los actores del agua a hacer cosas que parec\u00edan imposibles hace apenas unos a\u00f1os.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los usuarios de agua del r\u00edo Colorado en California, principalmente el Distrito de Irrigaci\u00f3n Imperial, la semana pasada <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/biden-harris-administration-announces-new-agreement-imperial-irrigation-district-save\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">firmado formalmente<\/a> un <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/water\/2023\/05\/colorado-river-states-agreement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Acuerdo con otros estados para reducir desv\u00edos.<\/a> del r\u00edo tan turbulento. Se espera que el acuerdo evite una cat\u00e1strofe que de otro modo ser\u00eda inminente en los dos principales embalses de los r\u00edos, el lago Powell y el lago Mead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los funcionarios federales presionaron para que se alcanzara el acuerdo hist\u00f3rico, amenazando con recortes unilaterales si no se concretaba, y lo lubricaron con muchos millones de d\u00f3lares en compensaciones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Departamento de Recursos H\u00eddricos del estado ha publicado un <a href=\"https:\/\/water.ca.gov\/News\/News-Releases\/2023\/Dec-23\/DWR-Releases-Final-Environmental-Impact-Report-for-Delta-Conveyance-Project\">informe final de impacto ambiental<\/a> en un plan para perforar un t\u00fanel debajo del delta Sacramento-San Joaqu\u00edn y llevar algo de agua del r\u00edo Sacramento hasta la cabecera del Acueducto de California <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/politics-government\/capitol-alert\/article282819658.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sin sacar agua del propio Delta<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Las versiones del bypass han existido durante m\u00e1s de seis d\u00e9cadas, y las autoridades dicen que es necesario para proteger los suministros de agua al Valle de San Joaqu\u00edn y el sur de California y los opositores, particularmente grupos ambientalistas, dicen que empeorar\u00eda la calidad del agua en el Delta. La publicaci\u00f3n del informe sienta las bases para lo que podr\u00eda ser <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/environment\/story\/2023-12-09\/newsom-administration-advances-delta-tunnel-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A\u00f1os de batallas pol\u00edticas y legales antes de que pudiera comenzar la construcci\u00f3n.<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Los defensores de los t\u00faneles dicen que el agua se extraer\u00eda s\u00f3lo durante los per\u00edodos de altas precipitaciones y escorrent\u00eda de la capa de nieve para mejorar la confiabilidad del agua, lo que tambi\u00e9n es la raz\u00f3n fundamental para otro importante proyecto de construcci\u00f3n. <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2023\/02\/california-sites-reservoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">que ha languidecido durante d\u00e9cadas<\/a>: el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capradio.org\/articles\/2023\/11\/24\/sites-reservoir-project-finally-gets-green-light-construction-expected-to-begin-in-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Embalse de sitios en los condados de Colusa y Glenn<\/a>. En noviembre, el gobernador Gavin Newsom design\u00f3 sitios para la aprobaci\u00f3n simplificada de un informe final de impacto ambiental, allanando el camino para la construcci\u00f3n que podr\u00eda comenzar en 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En octubre, la Oficina Federal de Reclamaci\u00f3n anunci\u00f3 la aprobaci\u00f3n de un <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/pressreleases\/biden-harris-administration-and-san-luis-delta-mendota-water-authority-approve-plan-bf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan de ampliaci\u00f3n de capacidad de almacenamiento del Embalse San Luis<\/a>, un elemento clave del sistema de suministro de agua de California. San Luis, en el Paso Pacheco, es un embalse fuera de la corriente que absorbe agua extra\u00edda del Delta Sacramento-San Joaqu\u00edn y la almacena para satisfacer demandas posteriores. Es similar a c\u00f3mo funcionar\u00eda el embalse de Sites propuesto: almacenar agua cuando est\u00e9 disponible para amortiguar los per\u00edodos en los que los flujos naturales disminuyen. El plan aumentar\u00eda la capacidad del embalse en 130.000 acres-pie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finalmente, los reguladores estatales del agua est\u00e1n preparados para aprobar por primera vez proyectos que <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2023\/08\/california-toilet-to-tap-water\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">convertir directamente las aguas residuales en agua potable<\/a>. La reutilizaci\u00f3n del agua &quot;nos brinda un suministro que, en esencia, siempre estar\u00e1 ah\u00ed&quot;, dijo Darrin Polhemus, subdirector de la junta de agua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Si bien son importantes, estos acontecimientos recientes no ponen fin a las guerras por el agua en California. Por ejemplo, el Estado est\u00e1 empezando a implementar <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/environment\/2023\/10\/san-joaquin-valley-groundwater\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Primeros controles sobre el bombeo desde acu\u00edferos subterr\u00e1neos.<\/a> bajo una ley aprobada hace una d\u00e9cada, que podr\u00eda afectar gravemente la producci\u00f3n agr\u00edcola en el Valle de San Joaqu\u00edn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mientras tanto, los b\u00fafalos de agua se est\u00e1n preparando para el conflicto potencial m\u00e1s divisivo de todos: <a href=\"https:\/\/calmatters.org\/commentary\/2023\/09\/california-water-rights-reformers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">si el estado violar\u00e1 los derechos de agua<\/a>, algunos de los cuales se remontan a los d\u00edas de la fiebre del oro. Las escaramuzas preliminares ya est\u00e1n en marcha, ya que el <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2023\/12\/14\/climate\/california-water-crisis-drought.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">El New York Times detalla<\/a> la semana pasada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ser\u00e1 \u00e9pico.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despu\u00e9s de a\u00f1os de disputas entre los numerosos intereses h\u00eddricos de California, recientemente se han producido algunos avances importantes. 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