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Water shortage

by ZihuaRob ⌂ @, Zihuatanejo, México, Saturday, January 04, 2025, 08:54 (672 days ago) @ Sunlight Dancer

In November, I read the article on the link below with alarm (Critical drought expected for 2025. Population must prepare). The city water manager said he projects our groundwater reserves will be depleted by February or March due to the deficit rainfall during last year's green season.
"In an optimistic scenario, Salas Reyes estimated that, if the resource is used responsibly, the water available in the groundwater could cover demand until February and March 2025."

I am not aware of a citywide water conservation plan that has been announced. Has anyone heard whether CAPAZ is planning to implement water restrictions?

Sure, pipa water can be delivered but it's more expensive. I fear our local residents will bear the brunt of water shortages while big complexes keep the sprinklers running to keep the gardens pretty.

https://www.meganoticias.mx/ixtapa-zihuatanejo/noticia/vislumbran-sequia-critica-para-2025-poblacion-debe-prepararse/568596

I believe I alluded to this recently in one of my ZIH comments. Water restrictions are constantly in place by means of a perpetual tandeo where water is allotted to certain colonias on certain days. Downtown and the tourist areas tend to get the most water while the colonias populares often go days and sometimes weeks without water. This is one of the drawbacks of our unsustainable tourism economy, and besides being seen as a sign of the gentrification of Zihuatanejo it can foment animosity among the local population against the people who live in the developments with lawns, gardens and pools that use lots of water.

Apparently it will never occur to our local politicians, especially those who own cement and construction companies, to implement a moratorium against the construction of new developments until we get our house in order and build a proper water supply and wastewater infrastructure, something that should've been done years ago. They can just keep ignoring a problem that doesn't inconvenience them personally in their haste to make as much money as quickly as they can building and issuing building permits while in their position of municipal power. So I don't see this problem being resolved anytime in the foreseeable future, though I truly hope they prove me wrong.


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