UACJ and IMIP to work on Juárez Water Project
Article by Guadalupe Félix
& Araly Castañon.
Source: El Diario,
The Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez (UACJ), the largest university in Cd. Juárez, and the city's Instituto Municipal de Investigación
y Planeación (IMIP), signed an agreement on February
21, 2002 to work together toward integrated management of rainwater runoff and
city drainage.
Signing
the accord were Felipe Fornelli Lafón,
the president of UACJ, and Luis Felipe Siqueiros, the
director of the city planning office, IMIP.
According
to Siqueiros, Cd. Juárez receives its yearly rain in hard, surprise storms
which cause flooding in the city and blocked stream beds.
In past
years, dozens of people have died after being swept away by flood waters.
Fornelli
said that UACJ's environmental lab will be in charge
of performing the rainwater study. Two professors will take part in the work
which should be completed after this year's fourth rainfall.