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BOEHM SCHOENDUBE, Brigitte. Water, technology and society at the Lerma-Chapala basin: A global regional story. Nueva antropol [online]. 2005, vol.19, n.64, pp.99-130. ISSN 0185-0636.

The Lerma-Chapala-Santiago basin has nourished big towns, but now it is considered as one of the hydrographical systems with higher deterioration symptoms of the world. This article analyzes the Chapala Lake threatened by high pollution levels water supply and feeding shortage. From the historic, from prehispanic and colonial, to the present geographical and hydrographical perspectives. From the Lerma-Chapala basin history, focusing on the Lerma River as the Lake main feeder; investigating the phenomena that affected -with technological interventions and a changing social needs of water- the hydrographical cycles. This article tries to establish some diagnoses of the origin and evolution of the Lerma River basin deterioration.

Palavras-chave : hydrographic systems; pollution; technology; shortage; local; global.