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Though the right to safe drinking water is mandated in Guatemala, it is obstructed by poor waste management regulations and limited government intervention. Much of Guatemala’s rural population works in agriculture, which further increases the demand for safe water. The Guatemalan government began to
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from Guatemala City carried by the Río Las Vacas tributary. It is one of the world’s most polluted rivers and accounts for about two percent of plastic emissions into the world’s oceans. Those living along the river also contribute to the pollution, as each person disposes, on average, 1.15 pounds of
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and Guatemala, in which conservation efforts are prioritized in an effort to maintain species diversity. The pollution also affects the many Indigenous communities who rely on the resources that the river provides. Additionally, members of coastal communities must often pick up the trash themselves
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The water quality of rivers in Guatemala is generally poor because there are no standard measures for maintaining river water conditions. Water quality regulation policy also often fails to dictate responsibilities between the government and individual departments, and has not been adequately
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era. The trade route played a role in facilitating the transfer of goods, ideas, and even people. The river's use as a trade route is evidenced by jade items and specific methods of pottery having been discovered across multiple different regions in
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likely settled in the Motagua River valley in around 2000 BC. They used the green jade to make beads and amulets. These objects were often used for religious rituals or to signify wealth. The Maya site of
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implemented or coordinated at the administrative level. Despite this, attempts at legislation to improve water quality regulation have often prolonged for multiple years in the
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Fabricant, Florence. "Monuments of the Maya: Copan and Quirigua in Central America are Dotted with Majestic Stele, Arrayed Like Sandstone Sculptures Maya Monuments."
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communities that have inhabited the region. The Motagua River is also one of the most plastic-emitting rivers in the world, contributing around two percent of global
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Mazariegos-Ortíz, Carlos; de los Ángeles Rosales, María; Carrillo-Ovalle, Leonel; Cardoso, Renan Pereira; Muniz, Marcelo Costa; dos Anjos, Roberto Meigikos (2020).
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were believed to have first settled in the Motagua River valley in around 3000 BC. They constructed figures, masks, and ornaments using the blue-green jade. The
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also chose the river as the test site for its experimental "Interceptor Trashfence," which attempts to filter out solid pollutants as they flow downriver.
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The river begins in the Western Highlands of Guatemala and runs along the Atlantic slope. Traveling in an easterly direction, it passes through 14 of
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to implement the National Water and Sanitation Policy in Guatemala, which outlines a number of objectives to improve regulation and conservation.
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Río Chipaca, Rio Agua Escondida, Rio Quisaya, Rio Pixcayá, Río Cotzibal, Río Las Vacas, Río Grande, Río Ovejas, Río El Tambor, Río San Vicente,
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US Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District & Topographic Engineering Center. (2000). Water Resources Assessment of Guatemala.
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Project Guatemala seek to involve local government and community members in prioritizing limiting waste from reaching the ocean.
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https://www.sam.usace.army.mil/Portals/46/docs/military/engineering/docs/WRA/Guatemala/Guatemala%20WRA%20English.pdf
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take action by constructing bio-fences to filter waste traveling down the river. They have also worked with the
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The Motagua River, flowing from the highlands in western Guatemala to the coast at the Guatemala–Honduras border
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and are financially burdened by the effects of pollution on popular industries such as fishing and tourism.
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is near the river's north bank, as are several smaller sites with jade quarries and workshops.
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Gil-Rodas, Norma; Calvo-Brenes, Guillermo; Guerra, Alex; Perdomo, Alejandra (2021).
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emissions into oceans annually. Conservation efforts have been driven by the
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and non-government organizations to ensure safe water and clean oceans.
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The river runs in a valley that has the only known source of jadeitite
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Rodríguez, Jorge; Carbajal, Richard; Colindres, Misael (2022-04-22).
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Pollution is reported to have first affected the river in 2003 when
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The river was also an important commerce route during the
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Index

Motagua
F.C. Motagua
Mataguá

dry season

Guatemala
Honduras
Quiché Department
14°56′57″N 91°00′32″W / 14.94917°N 91.00889°W / 14.94917; -91.00889
Baja Verapaz Department
Mouth
Gulf of Honduras
Atlantic Ocean
Puerto Barrios
15°43′29″N 88°13′18″W / 15.72472°N 88.22167°W / 15.72472; -88.22167
[moˈtaɣwa]
river
Guatemala
Guatemala
Gulf of Honduras
Guatemala
jadeitite
Indigenous
plastic pollution
government
Guatemala’s departments
ecoregions
Guatemala–Honduras border
Motagua Fault

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