Journal of Environmental Hydrology
ISSN 1058-3912
Electronic journal of the International Association for Environmental
Hydrology
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JEH VOLUME 4 (1996)
MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AT DEL FUERTE LAKE, ARGENTINA
PART II. RESULTS AND PROPOSAL
Fabio Peluso, Eduardo Usunoff, José González Castelain
and Fabián Grosman
Instituto de Hidrología de Llanuras
Azul
Pcia. de Buenos Aires, Argentina
This paper presents a spectrum of management alternatives of Del Fuerte Lake (Tandil City, Argentina), which emerged as a result of an environmental assessment whose methodology was described in Part I of this paper. A complex network of interactions among the components was identified, including several conflicting instances (defined in terms of interests, goals, and roles of all involved protagonists). Two different scenarios were distinguished: (a) problems related to the lake maintenance, and (b) issues concerning the type and application of regulatory measurements.
The management alternatives proposed are posed so as to eliminate or minimize the adverse effects of both type of conflicting situations. To do so, the current elements are reviewed and redefined and new elements are incorporated, all that under the premise of generating proposals of immediate application in the context of the existing municipal laws. The central issue is the redefinition of the so-called Lake Entity (LE), which was created to administer such a resource, although it never achieved an adequate functional status. The main goal is to transform it so that it can become a decentralized, cooperative, independent, and executive organization, of which all involved protagonists take part and open to the participation of the various technical and community groups. The LE would take on administrative and regulatory responsibilities and, after checking for agreement among the involved groups/individuals, propose and keep track of tactical and strategic issues directed towards the maintenance/improvement of the site.
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