Wetlands Assimilation
Mexico
Paraman Lagoon, Mexico
Description Here
This Ecological Baseline Study (EBS) is a wetland assimilation project
for the treated effluent from the Paraman-Chalacatepec lagoon system in Mexico's southwest pacific
coast. It is structured to understand and define how the process should be designed to
assimilate treated effluent, its construction, operation, and monitoring. The EBS will describe ecological
conditions at the proposed site, as well as the hydrology, water chemistry and soil,
productivity of vegetation in coastal wetlands, and the animal populations. It will document
the feasibility of wetlands assimilation, provide design engineering and ecological
cost / benefit analysis, with the development of design to operate and monitor the future
Paraman-Chalacatepec system, and analyze the potential for wetlands carbon
sequestration and sale of credit in the international market.
The results obtained in EBS will provide options for creating new wetlands.
The EBS is based on field investigations in the sampling sites and detailed bibliographical
analysis, and discussions with the administrative staff.