Fighting for the Human Right to Water in Mexico City

Please Rate Vote 1 Vote 2 Vote 3 Vote 4 Vote 5

The scarcity, contamination and discrimination in the distribution of water throughout the world has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. In Mexico, the problems regarding water are realities that we experience every day, especially in rural communities and those on city outskirts. Today, 38 Mexican cities suffer from supply problems, 90% of rivers are contaminated, and there isn’t any solid culture of water conservation yet.

In the Valley of Mexico, the area with the most urban density in the country and the most populated, the demand for water exceeds the availability, a situation that has required the liquid to be obtained from increasingly farther distances, and through overexploitation of aquifers. Water is a non-renewable resource, essential for life and for the achievement of other human rights (food and health, for example). It is therefore a determining factor for human development, which must be a priority in the design of laws and public policy.

In Mexico City, the water management model is being discussed in the State Legislature as a result of six initiatives to reform the Mexico City Water Laws, presented during the past few months in the Legislature.  

[readon1 url="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2014/06/13/fighting-for-the-human-right-to-water-in-mexico-city/"]Source:globalvoicesonline.org[/readon1]