supplying regions in Mexico. As a consequence of the intensive exploitation of groundwater resources for irrigating purposes … energy consumption necessary for lifting and distributing the groundwater in the agricultural land. Due to this long …-term overdraft pumping, not only the groundwater flow dynamics are constantly changing, but also water quality has deteriorated …

Monterrey procures about 40% of its water supply from groundwater resources, considering several aquifers below and … groundwater during drought conditions can deteriorate water quality, raising the energy consumption and costs of lifting, moving …) and discharge zone waters (north and northeast of the city). According to this, it can be concluded that groundwater from …