The bay and a future prognosis

We residents are quite concerned about the bay, but cooperation from the 3 levels of government is spotty at best. This municipal government "rehabilitated" the three water treatment plants, meaning they are all supposed to be able to operate at 100% capacity. I suspect reality is something quite different. And reality is about to get a lot more real with the arrival of thousands of more land invaders on our hillsides since it is well known that during electoral years land invaders can get just about anything they try to steal. Every hilltop has hundreds of new shacks on them and doubtless some will be appealing to folks like some of the well-meaning but misguided foreigners for money for new schools since a school is one of the requisites for meeting the checklist the government says is "required" in order to "regularize" the land aka reward lawbreakers in exchange for their votes.

The regular testing that used to be reported each month or so on the federal government's website appears to have been suspended, or at least the reporting of the results has been, though the last report that made the news before Semana Santa found the bacteriological content of the water at Playa Principal to be above acceptable levels for health risks, yet as always the tourists were never told nor were signs ever posted. So what's the point of testing if you aren't going to inform the public about any health risks anyway, right?

In spite of the economic slump, unsustainable development still seems to be the main priority along the entire coast of Guerrero since, as Walmart knows, public officials in Mexico make small fortunes on licenses and permits and making problems go away. (This is EXACTLY how Sam's Club and the new auto parts supply store chain got "permission" to build here.)

So I expect the infrastructure will continue lagging behind development locally, with all the usual problems that means. It was a model that apparently has worked SO WELL in Acapulco that all the "responsible athorities" have dedicated much effort to duplicating it here in Zihuatanejo.

Yes, there's surely a bit of sarcasm and cynicism in my comments, but don't count on it! I expect several years from now I will STILL be saying (like I do now) I TOLD YA SO.