Due to the work to be carried out to replace the 24-inch valve of the Ecatepec Aqueduct bypass, the National Water Commission (Conagua), through the Aguas del Valle de México Basin Organization, announced that the operation of the Reyes Ecatepec Branch will be temporarily suspended and 370 liters will be reduced per second of block water supply, so that there will be a general reduction in the supply of the resource in different areas of the capital.
According to the Mexico City Water System (Sacmex), the approximate working time to replace the valve is 12 hours, which are between 08:00 and 20:00 hours on Thursday, March 24, so low pressures and reduction in service are expected by Friday, March 25.
As for the areas that will be affected within CDMX, it is expected that they will be the following: Peñón de los Baños and Pensador Mexicano, in the Venustriano mayor's office Carranza; San Felipe de Jesús, July 25, Nueva Atzacoalco, Vasco de Quiroga, Providencia, Campestre Aragon, Ampliación Providencia, Villa de Aragon, La Pradera and San Juan de Aragon (first, second, fourth, sixth and seventh sections), in the Gustavo A. Madero mayor's office, will also be affected by the reduction of water supply.
Likewise, the service in the Obrero Popular colony of the Azcapotzalco mayor's office is expected to be affected. According to Sacmex, once the supply of the water block to the Breaker Box of the Chiconautla Aqueduct has been completely restored, the service will be normalized. In the event that it is necessary to mitigate the shortage, the CDMX will provide free water supply through pipes, which can be requested through the telephone numbers 5556543210 and 5556581111.
Within the framework of World Water Day, the CDMX government indicated that thanks to the payment made by citizens, it has been possible to carry out actions such as quality monitoring, detection and repair of leaks, replacement of pipes, construction of sectors and hydraulic networks, as well as infrastructure maintenance work, for which he specified that actions will continue to be implemented for the benefit of the capital's inhabitants.
Recently, the head of government of the CDMX, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, set up a work table with Armando Quintero, mayor of Iztacalco, in which agreed to improve water supply in that demarcation. In this regard, he specified that 200 million pesos will be invested to improve the distribution of drinking water and the construction of drinking water treatment plants in colonies such as Pantitlán, Agrícola Oriental or Zapata Vela.
Armando Quintero Martínez pointed out that there are several colonies in Iztacalco that have suffered from water shortages and waterlogging or flooding due to the aging of the drainage network currently operating in this area of the eastern part of the capital.
These actions were also carried out in the Iztapalapa, Azcapotzalco, La Magdalena Contreras, Cuajimalpa and Venustiano Carranza mayors, where just on 28 February the capital's president indicated that water treatment plants, replacement of wells, replacement of pipes and pumping actions will be built. It was also agreed to carry out infrastructure works to avoid waterlogging in the demarcation.
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