Tecnología y sociedad en el abastecimiento tradicional de agua en la isla de El Hierro. Canarias.

Authors

  • Carlos S. Martín Fernández

Keywords:

agua, tecnología, sequía, El Hierro, water, technology, drought

Abstract

Son conocidas las penurias históricas y recientes sufridas en El Hierro para disponer de agua. Los recursos acuíferos herreños, en cantidad y disponibilidad, han sido histórica­mente insuficientes para cubrir la demanda in­sular, siendo éste un factor limitante de prime­ra magnitud en su desarrollo socioeconómico. Hasta la década de 1970 la innova­ción tecnológica en materia hidráulica es nula. Unas pocas fuentes, un número aún menor de pozos y cierta cantidad de charcos formaban los pilares del sistema de abastecimiento co­tidiano de agua. En este artículo, se estudian estos sistemas en conjunción con la dinámica social herreña, planteando la idea de que han sido causas sociales las que explican la se­cular y estrecha dependencia de tecnologías populares para el abastecimiento de agua en El Hierro.

There are known the historical and recent penuries suffered in El Hierro to have water. Subsoil’s water, in quantity and availa­bility, has been historically insufficient to cover the insular demand, being this one a limiting factor of first magnitude in his socioeconomic development. Up to the decade of 1970 the techno­logical innovation in hydraulic matter is void. A few fountains, a still minor number of wells and certain quantity of puddles were forming the props of the system of daily water supplying. In this article, these systems are studied in conjunction with the insular’s social dynamics, locating in social causes the explanation of the strait and secular dependency of popular tech­nologies for the water supply.

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Issue

Nº 10: (2007-2008)

Section

Studies

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