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WATER ALERTS IN MEXICO – UPDATE February 20, 2025
As of January 2025, approximately 36% (874638 square kilometers) of Mexico is under drought conditions and 13% (325623 square kilometers) is Abnormally dry. A slight territorial increase since our previous report on January 6, 2024.

CARS AND WATER
There is no denying it! "We live in a car culture". Keys to our modern life, cars dominate our culture, our transportation, and our infrastructure.

WATER NEWS 2/7
Mexico Water news roundup
Water is the other US-Mexico border crisis, and the supply crunch is getting worse - Lake Texcoco, first Ecohydrology Demonstration Site in Mexico by UNESCO - Coca-Cola Launches Water Sustainability Initiatives in Mexico - Mexico's floating gardens are ancient wonders of sustainable farming

‘Forgotten’
How one Mexican city struggles against big industry for water
San Cristóbal de las Casas, Mexico – The famous red and white logo can be seen on almost every street. It is painted on the front of mom-and-pop stores. It is on the side of delivery vans and 18-wheeler trucks. It even appears stamped on the sides of bottles being drunk by toddlers. But the ubiquitous branding for the Coca-Cola company is not just a sign of its popularity in the Mexican city of San Cristóbal de las Casas, nestled in the highlands of Chiapas. Some say it is also a sign of peril.
By Peter Yeung - Al Jazeera -With permission

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RECENT ARTICLES AND REPORTS

NRDC and the Safe Drinking Water Act
Natural Resources Defense Council stands with US EPA in defense of PFAS "forever toxic chemicals" regulation for drinking water
An interview with Erik Olson, NRDC with comments from the US Environmental Protection Agency

2025 CANADIAN INTERNATIONAL AUTOSHOW
February 14, 2025 to February 23, 2025
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
IT'S ALL ABOUT WATER!
BMW i4named, 2025 Canadian Electric Car of the Year .

CARS AND WATER
There is no denying it! "We live in a car culture". Keys to our modern life, cars dominate our culture, our transportation, and our infrastructure.

EXTREME EXAMPLE OF ACID MINE DRAINAGE: SHERRIDON, MANITOBA CANADA
An interview with Matt Lindsay, Ph.D., P.Geo., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mine Closure Geochemistry
We really need to avoid remediation outcomes such as we see at Sherridon, which is obviously not what anyone hoped for.

...More Recent Articles & Reports

WATER NEWS

WATER NEWS – 12/17
Water water news roundup
The Cousteau Foundation warns about significant environmental damage caused by the Maya Train Project - Construction of the New Desalination Plant Begins! - How Much Water Do Los Cabos Golf Courses Actually Use? - A desert state takes center stage in Mexico’s clean energy plans - The Mexican scientists ‘moving mountains’ to help migrating monarch butterflies

WATER NEWS – 12/2
Water water news roundup

U.S. Fines Mexican Shipping Company $1.75 Million for Pollution Cover-Up - Mérida has water leaks up to four years old

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MINING

UNLIMITED, DECARBONIZED, SUSTAINABLE MAGNESIUM FROM SEAWATER
Top Innovator Tidal Metals ‘mines’ critical strategic metal in first-of-a-kind clean and green process

WHEATON PRECIOUS METALS (TSE:WPM) AND FORESIGHT CANADA ARE LAUNCHING THE FUTURE OF MINING CHALLENGE, OFFERING A US$1 MILLION PRIZE FOR GROUNDBREAKING TECHNOLOGY.
This global competition seeks innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and enhance efficiency in the mining sector.

CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION DEMANDS ANSWERS FROM MEXICO ABOUT BORDER ODORS
Members of San Diego_s congressional delegation Wednesday demanded answers as to why despite the dry weather, environmental officials are reporting an increase in sewage flow and strong odors from Mexico in the Tijuana River.

CLEANUP HOPES FOR NEIGHBORS OF MEXICO'S 'TOILET BOWL' WASTEWATER DAM
The stink is the least of the problems. In Tepetitlán, the conversation invariably revolves around cancer.

PROPOSAL TO BAN OPEN-PIT MINING ADVANCES IN MEXICAN CONGRESS
A committee in Mexico’s lower house of Congress approved two constitutional reforms that would prohibit open-pit mining and fracking, as well as restrict the use of genetically modified corn. The changes would also prevent the exploitation of water in areas with water scarcity, with the exception of extraction in populated areas for domestic use.

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DROUGHT

MEXICO'S DROUGHT IS SO SEVERE YOU CAN SEE THE EFFECTS FROM SPACE Mexico is experiencing one of its most severe and widespread droughts in over a decade. Water levels are so low in some regions that you can see the effects from space.

MASS FISH DEATH IN MEXICO'S CHIHUAHUA STATE BLAMED ON SEVERE DROUGHT

1,000-YEAR-OLD PYRAMID COLLAPSES UNDER HEAVY RAIN
High temperatures and a drought created conditions that led to the collapse

MEXICO'S WATER HAS LONG GROWN TEXAS SUGAR AND ORANGES. BUT THE TAP IS RUNNING DRY.
Mexico is struggling to provide water for Texas farmland due to a severe drought – a failure on Mexico’s part to fulfill its end of a 1944 treaty.

IN THE NEWS
DROUGHT
Three ways local projects are overcoming water issues.
In recent weeks, Mexico City and the surrounding State of Mexico have been experiencing a period of extreme water scarcity, with at least 280 of the city's 1,800-plus neighborhoods affected. Daily TV news clips have shown long lines of people queueing to buy water from tankers, dirty dishes piling up, and people desperate for a shower, having been unable to take one for days. In some areas, the shortages have led to protests, with citizens blockading main thoroughfares and taking to the streets with banners.

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WASTEWATER

IMPERIAL BEACH COAST IS FINALLY OPEN, BUT MORE SEWAGE IS ON THE WAY - by MacKenzie Elmer and Vicente Calderón
Tijuana is about to make a scheduled repair to its biggest sewer main – leaving millions of gallons of city sewage with nowhere to go but the Tijuana River.

Reposted with permission

TOXIC SEWAGE FLOW SLOWS INTO TIJUANA RIVER AFTER MEXICO BRINGS NEW PUMP ONLINE
Scientists say the next few days and nights will be crucial to know how much of an impact the decreased flow will have on the atmosphere and air quality.

THE RESIDENTS OF CHALCO, AFTER 20 DAYS UNDER SEWAGE: “THE SMELL MAKES YOU WANT TO VOMIT”

Some 2,000 homes are flooded by the collapse of the drains, due to the dirt and heavy rains. A long operation by the State of Mexico and the Army is unsuccessfully trying to lower the water level.

64 MORE RESIDENTS RESCUED BY BOAT IN SEWAGE-FLOODED CHALCO
For nearly three weeks, thousands of residents in Chalco — a city of 174,700 in the state of México — have been living in dire conditions due to severe sewage flooding triggered by atypical torrential rains.

CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON SOME TIJUANA SEWAGE PROJECTS; HERE'S AN UPDATED TIMELINE FOR REPAIRS
As sewage continues to flow from Tijuana into the Pacific Ocean, officials last week gave an update on the extensive repairs underway to fix the problem – and on how much money is needed to finish projects.

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