Adam French: Integrated water governance at Peru's Lake Parón
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Integrated Water Governance at Peru’s Lake Parón
Adam French, PhD
University of California, Santa Cruz/Berkeley
Environmental Studies/Energy and Resources Group
Collaborators César Portocarrero Mark Carey, University of Oregon EllioJ O’Brien, Washington and Lee University
Further Reading:
Carey, French, and O’Brien, 2012. Unintended effects of technology on climate change adaptaSon: an historical analysis of water conflicts below Andean glaciers. Journal of Historical Geography.
French, 2012. La Laguna Parón: hacia la gesSón integrada? La Revista Agraria.
Image courtesy of ANA.
Lake Parón as a regulaSng reservoir
Discharge rate was >3 X the historical average (2.58 m3/sec).
Total discharge of 35 million cubic meters annually.
Lake level in 1951 and 2010
540 hectares of HNP erroneously Stled to Electroperu/Duke
“an indiscriminate use of Lake Parón’s waters, in quanSSes far greater than the normal flow of the river”
Photo courtesy of PNH.
“Our beautiful lake has become a muddy pond.”
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Annual Rainy Seasons (October-‐April)
Yearly Recharge of Lake Parón 1992-‐2011
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2008 siezure of the lake infrastructure by a coaliSon of local residents -‐-‐failure of formal complaints -‐-‐absence of effecSve mediaSon by state insStuSons -‐-‐overlapping and incompaSble laws and rights
2009: lake fills to the brim (4190 m); technical inspecSons provide spaces of engagement and social learning for diverse actors
2010: lake fills again (>4190 m); state of emergency declared; management commiJee formed; lake successfully lowered
2011: conSnued operaSon by commiJee; technical problems, governance problems
2012-‐13: conSnued efforts to complete maintenance and form management commiJee
Many Thanks!
CEPES: El Centro Peruano de Estudios Sociales