Sunday, November 16, 2025

MND_WATER IN MEXICO

A close-up shot shows a person adjusting an irrigation line in a field to reduce agricultural water waste

Is Mexico’s agricultural sector experiencing a water crisis?

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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.
ReSiMar project

From ridge to reef: How Playa Viva’s ReSiMar project is regenerating...

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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.
The Valle de Bravo dam, with a full reservoir behind it

Central Mexico reservoirs start November at nearly 100% full, their highest level in 10...

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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.
As the 2025 rainy season concludes, the Mexico City area's Cutzamala System has reached its highest levels in recent years, exceeding 90% of its capacity.

Drought affects just 7.5% of Mexico after summer of exceptional rainfall

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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.
IPN students

‘TlalocBox’ could streamline monitoring of Mexico’s water supply

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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

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Water levels at the Jalisco lake are now over 70%, as Mexico feels the benefits of a record wet season.
A water truck in Mexico

Inside Conagua’s quest to eliminate water theft in Mexico

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The National Water Commission (Conagua) has detected more than 52,000 irregularities in water concessions, according to deputy director for water management Mauricio Rodríguez Alonso.
Dam protests in Sonora

A desert river under siege: Sonora communities say no to new dams

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With water shortages in the northern state becoming ever more severe in the face of industrial concessions, community groups are mobilizing to save their towns, communities and lives.
Manchas, Mexico's water leak-detecting dog

Meet Manchas, the leak-detecting dog saving Saltillo’s water supply

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Manchas is trained to detect the exact spot of a leak in a 400-meter stretch of pipeline, whereupon he lies down, telling water authorities exactly where to start digging.
Two men shake hands in front of an Amazon logo in Mexico City

Amazon teams up with Mexico City to save water with tech-driven infrastructure upgrades

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In addition to water savings, automation will allow the city to direct water to eastern CDMX, an area historically plagued by shortages.
Villa Victoria dam reservoir

Mexico City’s main water supply system at highest level in 5 years 

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The capacity of the Cutzamala System had dropped under 50% as recently as last May, but the recent above-average rainfall has boosted its level to 70.7%.
Men working on a construction site

Can growth and sustainability coexist in Puerto Vallarta?

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As development in the Bay of Banderas continues to expand, can the city preserve the natural paradise that made it famous?