The Save It's Up to You campaign, which will reduce water pressure and therefore limit its use, has been launched starting this Tuesday, March 22 in the state of Nuevo León. It will last seven days, the same amount in which the entity was divided to organize the cuts into zones. Each of them will be affected only one day per week starting at 09:00 hours.
In order to address the low levels of the La Boca, Cerro Prieto and El Cuchillo dams, Monterrey Water and Drainage Services, a parastatal company responsible for the tasks of the area, implements pressure reduction and liquid distribution to avoid unforeseen problems in the future.
The areas, as well as the municipalities it covers and the order in which they will be involved are:
Zone 1: Apodaca, General Zuazua, Pesquería and Cienega de Flores.
Zone 2: Guadalupe, with some extensions on the boundaries of San Nicolás and Juárez.
Zone 3: East of Garcia and north of Monterrey.
Zone 4: South and Central Monterrey, and Santiago.
Zone 5: Salina Victoria, El Carmen, Escobedo, north and northwest of San Nicolás.
Zone 6: Santa Catarina, San Pedro and West of Garcia.
Zona 7: Cadereyta y Juárez .
Water scarcity is not typical of a single state in Mexico, the entry of spring along with high temperatures, but above all, the effects of misuse and climate change are some of the factors that affect the entire country. In 2021, Mexico City and the Valley of Mexico went through an unprecedented situation, recording the lowest water level in 25 years.
It was during the first days of February that the government in charge of Samuel García Sepúlveda through its institutions issued a Declaration of Drought Emergency in which it urged the suspension of any activity that required excessive water use. The announcement was made public in the first instance in the publication of the Official State Gazette.
“All activities that by their nature merit the excessive use of water are suspended. All preventive actions must be taken to avoid the operation of hydraulic infrastructure, to help mitigate the effects of lack of water. Given the situation described, it is urgent that the public, social and private sectors, in a solidarity and joint manner, take affirmative action to mitigate the effects of the lack of drinking water in the state,” the government statement reads.
Since then, the official accounts of the National Commission for Water, Water and Drainage Services of Monterrey, as well as that of the government, have been dedicated to promoting measures that the population can implement to reduce the expenditure of liquid, in addition to sending messages that take into account the importance of this.
The actions in the northern entity of Mexico take place within the framework of World Water Day, which is commemorated every March 22, to remember the relevance of this liquid. essential.
“Despite the fact that all social and economic activities depend heavily on freshwater supply and quality, 2.2 billion people live without access to safe drinking water. This celebration aims to raise awareness of the global water crisis and the need to seek measures to address it,” writes the official United Nations portal.
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