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The Water Resources of Lima, Peru
Author(s) -
La Touche M. C. D.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1997.tb01377.x
Subject(s) - aquifer , situated , water supply , water resource management , capital (architecture) , alluvium , capital city , water resources , environmental science , hydrology (agriculture) , groundwater , geography , environmental engineering , geology , geomorphology , computer science , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , economic geography , ecology , artificial intelligence , biology
Lima, the capital city of Peru, depends for its water supply on the resources of the River Rimac and the alluvial aquifer above which the city is situated. This paper describes the limitations of the present supply and possible new sources which could be developed to augment the water supply in future.