After a harsh season of heat and drought, the National Water Commission (Conagua) reported that thanks to the rains of recent weeks, Half of the dams in Mexico have recovered their level and are at 70 percent of their capacity.
German Martinez Santoyo, Director General of Conaguahe said at the president’s morning conference Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that, in general, the northern part of the country, where there was drought, is recovering and the dams continue to fill due to the rains, while in the central part of Mexico progress is also being made in filling, as in the west of the country.
We are in a rainy season that has been above the average that we have recorded, as far as dams are concerned. We can say that 50 percent of the country’s dams are 70 percent full. said.
“The filling of the dams is by region (…), in regards to the Picachos dam (Sinaloa) it is at 100 percent; a dam that supplies the metropolitan area (in the Valley of Mexico), the Madín dam is also at 100 percent, and in regards to the supply dams, for example in the Monterrey metropolitan area, the dams are also at 100 percent, the El Cuchillo dam that supplies the El Cuchillo 2 aqueduct is at 80 or 90 percent because we cannot go any higher, but in operational terms it is at 100 percent, meaning Nuevo León has its dams full. Also, Tamaulipas, (the) Vicente Guerrero dam and other dams are at an acceptable capacity to be able to provide all services,” he added.
Regarding the Cutzamala water supply system for Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico, he commented that the capacity of the three dams has increased to nearly 800 million cubic meters.
It is increasing, from having it at 15 or 20 percent, now the dams are filling up and we have them at 40 percent, and it keeps raining and they keep filling up. he explained.
Regarding the warning that a fatal day could come in the Valley of Mexico when the area would be left without water, he said that Conagua never said there was a “day zero” and stressed that water deliveries are scheduled in the Valley of Mexico and Mexico City.
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However, he acknowledged that the dams were below their average level recorded over the past 25 years.
However, he pointed out that thanks to a schedule for water deliveries, deliveries were made possible and the dams that supplied water, such as El Bosque and Valle de Bravo, have already recovered, as has the Victoria dam. Likewise, for the urban area of Monterrey, Nuevo León, he said that the capacity to supply water to the region has been recovered.