Abstract
Five municipalities in El Bajío present the highest industrial investments: Celaya, Irapuato, León, Salamanca, and Silao. Public and private investments, further to the support received from the government, have been decisive to industrialize the zone. The official discourse to encourage these activities has emphasized the economic and social benefits for inhabitants, the decrease in the use of water volumes, and the consequent improvement of water sources in each region. The main objective of the present work is to present a global industrial impact index to evaluate the industrial impact on water management by analyzing the evolution of some parameters regarding the official data available, in order to determine whether the industry has a positive outcome on the environmental, social, economic and hydrological aspects. For this study, we use Fuzzy Logic (FL) to complete a previous study, which was conducted using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). A combination of both approaches is used to define the global impact of industrialization, and the results obtained show that the benefits claimed by governmental policies are not being achieved. The use of this proposed index may guide the decision-making processes to encourage water sustainability.
Highlights
The results of the Fuzzy Logic (FL) for the sub-criteria are shown in Table A1, Appendix A, where the membership function used with the number 1 or 2 is indicated, as well as the type of graph with the letters A, B, C or D
It should be clarified that the parameter “Water treatment and reusing” appears as one in the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP), but because the information used for the FL is located separately, we divided the AHL value by 2 to maintain the consistency of the results
The region of El Bajío has been affected by problems of water management for many years, due to the prevalence of economic and political interests above opinion and recommendations of hydrological experts over time
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Mexico presents significant problems in the management of its water sources that have caused considerable levels of pollution and over-exploitation of them. These problems are aggravated in those states or regions that have important industrial or agricultural centers
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