Cutzamala System: water reserve for the Valley of Mexico decreased by half

The storage of the three main dams of the Cutzamala system, El Bosque, Valle de Bravo and Villa Victoria, which supplies part of the Metropolitan Area of the Valley of Mexico decreased by 1.2 per cent in just one week and stood at 51.8%, according to the National Water Commission (Conagua)

In the case of the El Bosque dam, located in Zitácuaro in Michoacán, it decreased by 3.5% compared to the previous week and the storage level stood at 44.2%, with 89.5 million cubic meters (Mm3).

In the case of the other two reservoirs, located in the State of Mexico, Villa Victoria remains at 42.1%, with 78.2 Mm3 and a decrease of 2%, and Valle de Bravo at 60.2%, with 237.3 Mm3 and an increase of 0.2%.

Conagua stressed that it keeps a close watch on warehouses in the country's 210 main dams and detailed that these reservoirs have a total storage of 69,200 Mm3, that is 1,723 Mm3 less than what was reported on April 5.

The organization added that until April 11, of those 210 dams, only 3 are 100% filled, with a total total of 96 Mm3.

The National Weather Service (SMN) reported that from October 1, 2021 to April 10, 2022 it has rained 21.6% less than the historical average for that same period.

In addition, he explained that from January 1 to April 10, there was a deficit of 31.5% of rainfall compared to the historical national sheet of that period.

Regarding the 2021-2022 Cold Front Season, it was reported that 42 of the 56 systems planned for this cycle have been developed.

The week before, the 41st Cold Front left some rains in the central and southeastern states of the country, however, the drop in storage levels in the main dams remains constant.

Despite the fact that in almost a month the cyclone season will begin on the Pacific coast and with it the increase in rainfall in Mexico is expected, experts have warned that the weather phenomenon “La Niña” will enhance the effects of drought and hinder rainfall.

The maximum temperatures, those above 35 degrees Celsius, were recorded in the central-western, northern, southern Pacific and Yucatan Peninsula regions.

Throughout 2022, Conagua assured that it maintains operations to support municipal and state governments, to help the population without water supply in vulnerable and marginalized areas, as well as to clean drains, in order to reduce the risk of flooding in the face of the next cyclone season tropical.

In this regard, he noted that through 13 operations, more than 17 million liters have been delivered to 25,839 people in Michoacán, Tabasco, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa and Sonora.

As for agricultural irrigation aid, 8 operations were implemented in support of 1,355 users in Nayarit, Sinaloa and Sonora, added the federal agency.

Finally, with regard to the operations to support the pumping of drinking water to the population, it was reported that block water was transferred to the intake work that supplies water to the Water Treatment Plant, in Linares, Nuevo León, where a cumulative pumping of 174,730 cubic meters of water was achieved for the benefit of more than one million 80 thousand inhabitants.

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