Diseño de un proyecto de riego para 56 usuarios de la junta de riego pucará ubicados en el barrio el Bajío, parroquia El Chaupi, cantón Mejía

Abstract

The design of an irrigation project for 56 users of the Pucará irrigation joint located in the El Bajío neighborhood, El Chaupi parish, Mejía canton, addresses the areas of hydraulic, agronomic, environmental and social engineering that integrate irrigation systems. The study area has very productive land, but the lack of irrigation water has reduced crop yields; nowadays, the longer summers cause droughts and the lack of rainwater kills the crops, all this due to the lack of irrigation water in their properties. The main objective of this project was to design an irrigation project for 56 users of the Pucará irrigation joint through the preparation of definitive and comprehensive studies involving infrastructure, social, environmental and economic aspects, in order to contribute to food security and sovereignty of the users of the Pucará irrigation joint. The theoretical and methodological foundations of the solutions proposed in the project are summarized in four components: 1.- Infrastructure, 2.- Social, 3.- Environmental and 4.- Economic. The main results are reflected in the infrastructure plans that contemplate the irrigation system, the management model of the irrigation joint with the proposed activities for the administration, operation, and maintenance of the system, the environmental management plan of the micro basins that contribute water to the system and the economic flow of the project. The studies concluded that the implementation of the irrigation project is environmentally and socially sustainable and economically and technically feasible.