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Lake Texcoco will join 63 other Ecohydrology Demonstration Sites around the world that are working to protect wetlands.

UNESCO designates first ecohydrology site in Mexico

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The recently restored Lake Texcoco, located north of Mexico City, is the first natural area to be recognized by UNESCO in Mexico for its activities to support ecological recovery.
A man points at the Casa Blanca wetlands

How a Jalisco town saved their wetlands

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Once blighted by pollution, the residents of Casa Blanca have worked to restore, save and grow the wetlands that surround their town.
View of a Xochimilco chinampa across a canal

Saving Xochimilco: The battle to preserve Mexico City’s ancient canals

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Organizations like Humedalia are working to preserve Xochimilco's traditional agriculture and stop environmental degradation from unchecked tourism.
Industrial water usage in Mexico

Mexico’s National Water Law and industry

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Behind the headlines, how is industrial water usage managed in Mexico?
Dried out soil by a small reservoir in Tequisquiapan, Queretaro

Drought watch: Mexico’s 2025 dry season could last 6 long months

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The Conagua projection could mean another tough year for multiple Mexican states that never fully recouped water lost to drought in 2024. 
A tiered water collection system in the Cutzamala water system for Mexico City

Mexico City will cut its reliance on water from the Cutzamala System by 50%,...

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Brugada announced the plan at the inauguration of the first Agua Bienestar purification plant, part of a program to provide clean water in low-income areas hit by water shortages.
The Zimapán dam in Hidalgo, Mexico.

Water in Mexico: The communities and companies leading the way to solutions

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Here's a look back at the best of Water in Mexico, a series launched this year by Mexico News Daily that seeks to change the narrative surrounding water resources.
A dry water reservoir in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México

Restoring water to San Miguel de Allende, one reservoir at a time

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As the best small city in the world faces down catastrophic water shortages, one group has banded together to make a difference.
An large open-pit mine in an arid area with mountains in the background

BCS legislators call on Baja California to reject copper mining mega-project

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State lawmakers raised doubts about the company's water use plan, which identified a supposedly undiscovered aquifer in the Baja desert.
A family in Guanajuato at a new water treatement facility provided by Mexican water nonprofits.

The affordable tools providing clean water to Mexican homes 

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As Mexico struggles to provide clean drinking water to communities, nonprofits are working with businesses to bridge the funding and technology gaps.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum and Environment Minister Alicia Bárcena with several of Mexico's governors at the signing of a water-use pact with the federal government. Most of the governors are applauding

Mexico’s governors sign Sheinbaum pact to improve water use by industry

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The water use pact aims to ensure equal access to water for Mexico's public while increasing agricultural and industrial efficiency and sustainability.
Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum at a podium talking to reporters about Mexico's national water plan at a press conference.

Mexico’s new national water plan to review over 100K water concessions

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"What we want is for water that isn't being used to be returned to the nation," President Sheinbaum told reporters at a press conference Thursday.
Young Siemens Mexico employees smile and pose for a photo with a tank full of experimentally grown lettuce

Siemens shows how industry can help solve Mexico’s water and energy challenges: A perspective...

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MND CEO Travis Bembenek sat down with the president of Siemens Mexico to discuss how tech can help solve Mexico's most pressing problems.