Mexico
Press Release

Jalisco prepared to solve water supply problem, in a temporary complex of droughts

Bnamericas
Jalisco prepared to solve water supply problem, in a temporary complex of droughts

This is an automated translation of the original release published in Spanish.

Release from Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco 

Given the current conditions regarding the dry season, important problems are forecast for the following year for most of the country's states, so Jalisco is prepared to guarantee the water supply for the future of the city and the state, Governor Enrique Alfaro Ramírez assured, when leading the meeting with the water agencies in which the operation and reorganization of the entire water supply system that will supply the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (AMG) was discussed.

"If we had not done everything we did, the works to increase our potable water treatment capacity, the city's aquifer, the reorganization of all our distribution systems in Guadalajara, the construction of the El Salto dam system, the Calderón Network, El Zapotillo, if we had not done the maintenance work on the Chapala Old Supply System, all these multi-million dollar investment works that were carried out in these five years allow us to tell the people of Jalisco and especially the inhabitants of the second largest city from Mexico, from the Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara, that next year, despite the drought and the difficulties we are going through due to the amount of rain that is falling in Jalisco, we are going to have a guaranteed supply of water for our city so that people do not lack water,” the governor stated.

He explained that despite the intense rains in recent months, these have not been continuous, which has caused low percentages of storage in dams. Regarding Lake Chapala, it currently has around 51 percent of its capacity, while 2021, which was a year with severe drought, it was at 55 percent storage at this time.

“In June of this year it rained 25 percent less than the average of the last 30 years and in July it rained 50 percent less than the average of the last 30 years. We see extraordinary rains that generate flooding, but the truth is that there has not been constant rain,” Alfaro explained.

Meeting at Casa Jalisco with the heads of the Secretariat for Comprehensive Water Management (SGIA), Jorge Gastón González Alcérreca; the State Water Commission (CEA), Carlos Vicente Aguirre Paczka; Siapa, Carlos Enrique Torres Lugo and the chief of staff Hugo Luna, the Governor indicated that it will be at the end of the year when the hydraulic works on the Zapotillo-El Salto-La Red-Calderón aqueduct system begin to operate for the use of water from the Verde River and that make up the system to supply the AMG.

The call at the moment to the public is to care for and make rational use of water in daily activities both at home and in the workplace, since the great storms that are hitting different parts of the city, added Alfaro Ramírez have not been enough. According to the reports that are available, it is raining less than in the last 30 years.

“It would also be necessary for people to be aware of where we are, of how little it is raining in Jalisco, that we take care of the water, that we use it rationally, that we do not think that because very heavy storms fall on us that generate the perception that there is a lot of water or we are in a scenario of abundance. On the contrary, we are still in a drought scenario,” said the head of the state government.

Subscribe to the leading business intelligence platform in Latin America with different tools for Providers, Contractors, Operators, Government, Legal, Financial and Insurance industries.

Subscribe to Latin America’s most trusted business intelligence platform.

Other projects in: Water & Waste (Mexico)

Get critical information about thousands of Water & Waste projects in Latin America: what stages they're in, capex, related companies, contacts and more.

Other companies in: Water & Waste (Mexico)

Get critical information about thousands of Water & Waste companies in Latin America: their projects, contacts, shareholders, related news and more.

  • Company: Comisión Nacional del Agua  (CONAGUA México)
  • Mexico's national water authority Conagua was founded in 1989 and is responsible for managing and protecting the country's water resources in order to ensure their sustainable u...