Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini

We cannot solve a problem that we do not fully understand. Water scarcity in a place is the result of a complex interaction between meteorological anomalies, hydrological processes and changes in the use that man makes of the resource. Our current inability to properly analyze and manage water scarcity points...

The country cannot continue to be a victim of the lobby of those who promote initiatives for their benefit over the damage of Chileans and against the public interest. Chile needs a legal framework that prioritizes security and equity in access to the vital element for the stability of drinking...

Professors Mauricio Zambrano-Bigiarini and Ivo Fustos of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de La Frontera expressed their opinion on the news “Specialist ensures that in five years Temuco will run out of water” published on September 1, 2019 in the newspaper Austral de Temuco and then reproduced...

These “solutions” to the problem of water supply, only serve to strengthen the close relationship between the State and companies that has existed in the field of water, ensuring private legal and functional ownership of an increasingly scarce resource . At the same time, this type of project shows that...

Due to the extended drought affecting central Chile, farmers in the area between the Coquimbo and Maule regions estimate that 10 000 animals have already died, including abortions that occur due to lack of food and water (5 000 in Valparaíso; 2 thousand in Coquimbo, and another 3 thousand in...