ZIHgnos de Alegría
by ZihuaRob 
, Zihuatanejo, México, Friday, June 02, 2023, 21:04 (1257 days ago)
No Covid-19 report from the state health officials today.
Still not enough water pressure in our part of town to reach our tinacos. In Ixtapa things are just as bad. Had to buy a pipa to fill the cistern of our house there so our renter would have water when they move in, and we also had to buy a pipa so we'd have water at our home along with the businesses who rent locales on our ground floor. The people at CAPAZ offer no reasons or much help other than promises it will come "hoy en la noche", and of course nothing at all from the mayor. There is water in the rivers coming from the sierra where it's rained much more than it has here on the coast. So once again the community continues suffering a water shortage while the mayor is all ecstatic about the squatter communities he's going to regularize, which will of course only make the problem worse.
Come enjoy the folkloric dancing that will be taking place around town for the next few days. See the notice on my Community Notices & Events page.
¡Cuidemos nuestro patrimonio!
#NoQueremosMuelleParaCruceros
#NoQueremosBlueFlagEnLasPlayas
#PreservemosPlayaManzanillo
Banderines still fly on fishing pangas from the previous day's celebrations for Día de la Marina.
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ZIHgnos de Alegría
by Casa Juan , Friday, June 02, 2023, 22:16 (1256 days ago) @ ZihuaRob
Robb it may not be the best solution but has anyone in the Zihua area ever done a study on putting a dam on at least one of the rivers exiting the sierra to either fill some type of aqueduct or at least recharge the groundwater aquifer? It seems Zihua/Ixtapa needs to go this route or go to desalinization which would be very costly.
ZIHgnos de Alegría
by ZihuaRob , Zihuatanejo, México, Saturday, June 03, 2023, 08:32 (1256 days ago) @ Casa Juan
Robb it may not be the best solution but has anyone in the Zihua area ever done a study on putting a dam on at least one of the rivers exiting the sierra to either fill some type of aqueduct or at least recharge the groundwater aquifer? It seems Zihua/Ixtapa needs to go this route or go to desalinization which would be very costly.
Oh yes, politicians are falling all over themselves trying to get a piece of that multimillion peso budget. But it isn't ecologically viable because of the methane it would produce.
There's plenty of water in our underground aquifer. In the sierra of Zihuatanejo it gurgles out of the ground all over the place. The problem is simply one of seriousness and professionalism, as I am led to believe by the opinions of experts in the field. We have obsolete water installations deteriorating all over the community, but the mayor is laser focused on pouring his company's cement wherever possible to the detriment of almost everything else except for acquiring political clients and their votes. He wants more people on the hillsides clamoring for services that he can pander to, and he wants to develop Playa Manzanillo with a high-rise hotel right out of the Acapulco playbook. $$$ rulez!
