Water on the Pacific coast and competition with irrigation
- Water for industry
- Industrial water, wells and discharges
- Audited
The Pacific slopes (the Boca Costa) have high rainfall, but the south coast carries heavy irrigation demand (sugar cane, oil palm, bananas) with rivers diverted in the dry season: seasonal competition for surface water is intense. In 2018 the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office documented diversions of the Madre Vieja river by Grupo HAME (Mongabay, 2021). The technical source, the 'Recursos Hídricos' chapter of the SGCCC (Basterrechea & Guerra), returned a 403 during the audit of 2026-08-22 and could not be checked.
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- Absence of a general water law and national extraction fee
- Right to drill a well and ownership of the water (Civil Code)
- Industrial self-supply and the 2,000 wells of Guatemala's valley
- Procedure to drill an industrial well in the metropolitan area
- Cost and regulation of the municipal well-drilling license
- MARN environmental license costs and categories
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