Author(s)

Lidia Rangel-Blanco^*

Faculty of Law and Social Sciences, Autonomous University of Tamaulipas, Ciudad Victoria, México.

Water is the main element for development since it defines and limits the opportunities for growth and economic development. The lack of water will increase constantly owing to the increase of the economic activities, social requests, environmental damage, and the climate changes. The research has as purpose to build an indicator of water availability, in the lower Basin of Guayalejo-Tamesi River in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Considering a quantitative methodology that provides the application of mathematic models through a hydrologic simulation software and scenarios of climate change (WEAP) (MA-GICC); and the qualitative that represents a major economic engineering challenge to convert complex variables such as the human development, the rise of the economic activity, and the increase of the social-demographic in water requirement. Bearing in mind that the valley is one of the most important hydrological systems of the State of Tamaulipas that provides to productive areas; the chemical industry, petrochemical, energetic, agricultural and livestock such as the domestic. Which makes relevant to apply and analyze the IDA, being a new experience at the regional level that needs to be abroad in a general way by the binding instances to the development of these areas which will allow a better social usage and economic of the hydrological system in a sustainable integral environment.

Water Availability, Binding Indicator, Sustainability

Rangel-Blanco, L. (2017) Socioeconomic Indicator of Water Availability in the Lower Guayalejo-Tamesí River Basin. Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection, 5, 47-62. doi: 10.4236/gep.2017.56007.