Mexico launches law to safeguard water supply

Mexico is moving to tackle its mounting fresh water crisis. Calling water a “national security matter,” Alberto Cárdenas, head of the country’s Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat (Semarnat), on May 1 formally presented the new National Water Law, which had taken effect the day before. The law creates a mix of investment opportunities and penalties to boost the water supply and guarantee clean drinking water for all 100 million Mexicans. It does not address water pricing. Due to centuries of poor management, Mexico suffers from all manner of water problems ranging from drought-like conditions in many areas and huge leakage issues to serious contamination and territorial battles over water rights. Central to the new law is the creation of a nationwide Consulting Water Commission... [Log in to read more]

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