Nearly two million citizens have been affected by the recent reduction of water services in the Valley of Mexico. According to Mexican Newspaper El Universal [es], the Cutzamala System, which manages 20% of the drinking water for the valley, is not working at full capacity and cannot supply its own region: 10 districts from the Federal District and 13 municipalities from State of Mexico. Full Story »
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Informative roundup of blog posts about Mexico's water shortages. This post starts with a factual introduction about this issue, with perspectives from a variety of blogs from around Mexico. Most of these quotes are commentaries, rather than original reporting, but they give us a sense of how this issue is being perceived by people affected by this problem.
Water is probably the most visible of our resources that we are running out of. China and India are mining their underground water, The Middle East ... More »
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