Impact of Mining on the Lake Poopó Basin, Bolivian Altiplano: Lessons for Water Management in Semi-Arid Regions


Karen Hudson-Edwards1, Megan French2, Elisa Guerrero Moreno3, Christian Sedero3, Stephen Edwards4, Natalie Alem5 and Gerardo Zamora Echenique6, (1)University of Exeter, Exeter, EX4, United Kingdom, (2)UCL, Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, London, United Kingdom, (3)Birkbeck, University of London, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (4)University College London, London, United Kingdom, (5)Centro de Comunicación y Desarrollo Andino, Cochabamba, Bolivia, (6)Universidad Téchnica de Oruru, Ingeniería Metalúgica y Materiales, Facultad Nacional de Ingeniería, Oruru, Bolivia