MND_WATER IN MEXICO
US blames Texas crop losses on Mexico’s missed water deliveries
Mexico still owes nearly half the water that it was treaty-bound to deliver between 2020 and 2025. As drought persists in northern Mexico, will it be able to catch up?
UNESCO: Mexico has lost 80% of its glacial cover
According to the National Autonomous University (UNAM), Mexico's remaining glaciers could completely disappear within the next five years.
Scientists from Mexico and US create joint water management portal
The two countries share one border and two major water sources. The hope is that a new binational information portal will enhance the needed cooperation.
Heineken’s BC Tecate Brewery is first to achieve water use balance
The 80-year-old Tecate plant is the first Heineken plant in Latin America to achieve water use balance, meaning the water used to build and brew beers is returned to the environment in full.
‘One water, one law’: Citizen movement challenges Mexico’s new water bill
As Mexico’s Congress moves forward on a long-awaited General Water Law, citizen groups warn that the federal proposal keeps intact the same privatizing model they’ve fought for decades to dismantle.
Lake Texcoco recovery continues with over 4,000 hectares now underwater
Migrating birds, flora and fauna are returning to what's left of the Mexican capital's foundational lake as water levels rise.
Is Mexico’s agricultural sector experiencing a water crisis?
Inefficiencies in water use are particularly glaring in Mexico, where 75% of the country's available water is earmarked for agriculture. Fortunately, some improvements are being made.
US senators push legislation that blocks water from going to Mexico
From The Texas Tribune: U.S. senators Ted Cruz and John Cornyn want to limit the United States’ engagement with Mexico after the country failed to deliver water to Texas under a 1944 international water treaty.
From ridge to reef: How Playa Viva’s ReSiMar project is regenerating a coastline and...
ReSiMar was founded as a project to help regenerate the environment near an off-the-grid eco resort in Mexico, but its changing much more than just that.
Central Mexico reservoirs start November at nearly 100% full, their highest level in 10...
The Cutzamala System of dams and reservoirs is the highest it has been in over a decade, thanks to record rainfalls in Mexico City earlier this year.
Drought affects just 7.5% of Mexico after summer of exceptional rainfall
Though the percentage could possibly rise now that the rainy season is over, it's still almost four times lower than the percentage figure one year ago.
‘TlalocBox’ could streamline monitoring of Mexico’s water supply
The device, invented by two students at the National Polytechnic Institute and named for the Aztec rain god, aims to provide cistern water quality data in real time.
Amidst an intense rainy season, Lake Chapala finally recovers from last year’s drought
Water levels at the Jalisco lake are now over 70%, as Mexico feels the benefits of a record wet season.
