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Different human activities have a significant impact on the quantity and quality of water resources, which highlights the importance of implementing a comprehensive management of water resources. In order to address this complex issue, strategic and tactical planning needs to consider social, nature, and economic variables. The goal of this paper was to develop strategic and tactical planning to contribute to managing the groundwater resource in the General Pueyrredon (GP) District, located in the Humid Pampa Plain, Argentina. To do that, in the first place, a strategic and tactical model was designed, using multicriteria decision analysis (MCDA) to prioritize GP District basins that need the most management and to propose applicable management actions to these high priority basins in order to prevent the potential water pollution hazards. The methodology employed required the collaboration of an interdisciplinary team of experts to develop the strategic and tactical models. These models are designed to prioritize water basins according to diverse criteria, such as quality and quantity of the water resource, land use, equity, and vulnerability of the aquifer. The results of the strategic analysis identified five basins with a particularly high need of management. The tactical model proposes specific actions for each of these basins. This integrated approach of strategic and tactical planning highlights the importance of considering both environmental and socioeconomic aspects in the groundwater management. The developed methodology shows a multidisciplinary and participative approach to managing water resources. |
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