Without water in Cutzamala: storage is at a historically low level

The National Water Commission (With water) reported that the throughput of the cutzamala system he is in lowest level on record for this time of year.

César Luna Bahena, Director of Drinking Water, Drainage and Sanitation, warned that it is the “worst year for this same period» during the session of the Technical Committee for the Operation of Hydraulic Structures. He explained that the level of this 2023 is considerably lower than that of 2022where he was also weak.

“Comparing it to the upper curve, which is the year curve immediately inside, we also had low volume; however, significantly higher than for this year”

He current storage of this drinking water supplier for the Valley of Mexico is at the 50.6% (396.4 million cubic meters). The difference from the historical maximum of 73.9% (396.41 million cubic meters) is 23.3%.

And it’s only so far this year no rain was recorded at any of the main dams that make up the Cutzamala system. At this time, the El Bosque dam precipitates between 9 and 21 millimeters, with a cumulative rate of 30.

“We can observe that we have almost no precipitation in any of the dam basins in the system. But it is also true that these are the months with the lowest rainfall recorded historically”

However, Luna Bahena explained that the first part of the year is not characterized by its contributions, since The rainiest period is from June to September..

The Villa Victoria dam is at 40.6% of its capacity (74.43 cubic meters) while the historical maximum is 68.6% (127.33 cubic meters), at El Bosque storage is 55.0 % (111.24 cubic meters) while the historical maximum recorded is 57.% (115.48 cubic meters) and the level of Valle de Bravo is 53.2% (209.74 cubic meters) against a historical maximum by 85.0% (335.29 cubic meters).

In this direction the furthest dam from its maximum is Valle de Bravo and the least is El Bosque.

It should be noted that the Cutzamala system provides an average of 25% of drinking water required in the Valley of Mexico metropolitan area.

It is one of the largest water supply systems in the world. He has one storage capacity of 559 million cubic meters per yearwhich are driven through 334 kilometers of pipelines.

So far in 2023, there have been several leaks in circuits belonging to the Cutzamala system in the State of Mexico (Edomex). The first was recorded on January 9 in Tulpetlac, Ecatepec, where a pipe in the Los Reyes branch broke during the work of the Water Commission of the State of Mexico (Caem).

This incident affected service in the fifth zone of the municipality, as the repair of the pipeline took approximately 12 hours. Moreover, he was taken the valve closure measure, which led to a second leak on January 11.

The second incident is due to the pressure generated by the closure of the valves and caused a flood that affected approximately 40 residences in the area.

In addition to this, on January 26, it was reported massive leak of drinking water from the Macrocircuit of Cutzamala, also in Ecatepec. On this occasion, the municipal government warned that it would demand that the constant breakdowns be investigated.

“We will demand that a thorough investigation be carried out into possible negligence or omissions in the repair of the hydraulic network of the Cutzamala system, given the constant failures of the pipes that affect the residents of our municipalities,” they said in a statement. .