Water supply: models of water use and distribution in urban centers of the bajío colonial.
Abstract
This study presents variations that arose regarding the ways of
accessing and distributing water in urban centers of the Bajío
region during early Colonial times. These variations revolved
around two models or ways of organization. In indigenous towns,
represented by Querétaro, Acámbaro and Apaseo, shared use
of water for domestic and productive uses, within spaces in an
urban settlement, was suggested from an early stage, which is
why the hydraulic network was part of urban planning, with
channel distribution throughout the settlement. In Spanish
villas, represented by San Miguel, Celaya, Salamanca, León
and Salvatierra, formation of hydraulic complexes outside the
urban centers was common, for irrigation of areas destined
to agricultural use. Water entry to these urban centers was
the result of some conduction derived from these complexes,
or through independent installation, which started in springs
and led the water into public fountains and pools. These initial
differences had successive changes, insofar as the number of
neighbors increased and they were integrated into the complex
user system not foreseen in the initial phase.
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