The Cutzamala System will increase water supply for CDMX and Edomex from April 1

Given the shortage of water that has occurred in the Valley of Mexico in recent weeks, the Cutzamala System will increase the supply of drinking water for Mexico City and the State of Mexico from April 1.

This was stated by the director general of the Aguas del Valle de México Basin Organization (OCAVM), Victor Bourguett Ortiz, during the session of the Technical Committee on Works of the National Water Commission (Conagua), in order to have reservations for the critical dry season, which covers the months of April and May.

In this way, of the 14.5 million cubic meters per second (m3/s) supplied on average, it would increase to 15.5 million m3/s, of which 8,966 would be for CDMX and 5,537 for Edomex.

Víctor Bourguett also commented that, according to the latest Cutzamala System report on March 28, there was a deficit of 15.7% compared to the base average, since it was only operating with just over 50% of its storage capacity.

According to Conagua, the current storage of the Cutzamala System, cut off as of March 28, is 54.3% of its capacity, supplying 425.2 million cubic meters (Mm3), that is, 122.4 Mm3 less than the historical storage, which is 547.6 Mm3.

Meanwhile, the Villa Victoria dam operated with 45.5% capacity, while El Bosque operated with 48.2% and Valle de Bravo with 61.6%.

In the week of March 21-27, Bourguett indicated that the Mexico City Water System (SACMEX) received an average of 8,999 m3/s, while the Mexico State Water Commission (CAEM) received 5,567, totaling 14,533 cubic meters of water.

For its part, the National Water Information System (SINA) announced that two of the main dams supplying Cutzamala showed a decrease in storage in the third week of March. The Villa Victoria dam was at 45.94% of storage, supplying 85.32 cubic hectometres (hm3), while that of Valle de Bravo was at 61.49% of its capacity, registering 85.32 hm3.

Previously, the technical director of the Aguas del Valle de México Basin Organization (OCAVM), Patricia Montalvo, reported that in the first two months of 2022 the Cutzamala System reported a deficit of 15.3 percent, since the three dams that feed it were at 59% of capacity.

Faced with this shortage of drinking water, the mayor of Ecatepec, Fernando Vilchis, sent a letter to the governor of Edomex, Alfredo del Mazo, demanding a greater supply, since he assured that in his three years of government there was a decrease of more than 15 billion liters of water.

It should be remembered that the Cutzamala System supplies the municipalities of Ecatepec, Nezahualcoyotl, Tlalnepantla, Nicolás Romero, Atizapán de Zaragoza, Naucalpan, Toluca, Tecámac, Tultitlán, Huixquilucan and Cuautitlán Izcalli, all located in the Edomex.

While 13 CDMX mayors also receive water from Cutzamala: Tlahuac, Tlalpan, Alvaro Obregon, Benito Juárez, Coyoacán, Azcapotzalco, Cuajimalpa, Venustiano Carranza, Cuauhtémoc, Iztacalco, Magdalena Contreras, Iztapalapa and Iztacalco.

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