Reduction of water supply to the Cutzamala in the Valley of Mexico has begun, which could last for months

There severe drought faced by the country coupled with the low levels of Cutzamala Systemcaused the water flow which is sent to Mexico City and the State of Mexico of this system dams save a discount.

On March 7, the head of government in Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbauminformed that both entities will face a reduction in the water flow that she will receive and for this Saturday, March 11, the president has confirmed that this the drop in supply has already started.

It was during the Wellness Day program in your neighborhood, in the neighborhood of the Doctores, that Sheinbaum Pardo reported that Mexico City is already receiving 8.2 cubic meters of water per second of Cutzamala System. To measure the drought we are facing, in 2019, during this season, 10.5 cubic meters of water were received per second.

As part of the strategy to be implemented in the country’s capital to cope with this droughtthe head of government said that initially there would be a better heron controlso that it is the public pipes that they will carry water free of charge to the colonies concerned, which will have priority.

“Our objective is that in this dry period, those who have priority to load the pipes are the public kites. And then the private pipes would come in, which must have a permit from the Mexico City Water System (Sacmex)“said the president.

To achieve the capital’s water supply, they will be deployed 600 pipes by Sacmex and made available to the public on location service made a complaint against water costs.

When the supply reduction was announced on March 7, the authorities indicated that they would seek to large consumers provide water drinking water, i.e. to well concessionaires and industrialists with disused wells, as well as to promote the use of treated water for irrigation of green areas and car washing

Claudia Sheinbaum says that in order to coordinate with the mayors, they will call town hall meeting next week, where the operation will be reported.

Although he had previously called on citizens to use water responsibly, during his visit to the Doctores neighborhood on Saturday morning, Claudia Sheinbaum says he also recorded water theft particularly in the town hall of Tlalpan.

He said closures were made at outlets in San Miguel and Santo Tomas Ajuscowhose water comes from the upper part of San Nicolás Totolapan to be distributed in the villages of tlalpan.

He explained that precisely in this town hall they were hung near five sockets, and warned that the existence of outlets in other locations will be reviewed. All this, after their registration Water leaks for which some colonies have experienced supply disruptions since the end of February.

The “deep drought” is expected to hit the Mexico City and the State of Mexico for three months, beginning in March and extending through at least April and May. While the current storage of Cutzamala System stands at 49.4%, which change of -23.4%compared to the historical maximum storage figure of 72.8%.

The National Water Information System places the dams that make up the Cutzamala System in storage between 40 and 60 percent. In the case of the El Bosque dam, it is 51.8%; Dam Villa Victoria is at 38.2% and Valle de Bravo is at 52.2%.