Overview

• Conagua reports the Cutzamala system at 92.5% storage, its highest level in seven years, after gaining nearly 19 million cubic meters in the first week of October.
• OCAVM projects the reservoirs could close the rainy season near 96% to 98% capacity, with local officials saying a full recovery by November is possible if precipitation continues.
• Water agencies are holding technical meetings to evaluate raising deliveries, with current transfers around 10.9 cubic meters per second split roughly 6.1 for Mexico City and 4.7 for the State of Mexico.
• Mexico City launched six Agua Bienestar potabilization plants producing about 12,000 jugs per day at five pesos, while distribution improvements increased daily service in Iztapalapa from five to 13 hours and reduced losses in Milpa Alta.
• This season’s exceptional rainfall set multiple records and strained mobility, and insurers say vehicle claims tied to the rains in the capital have surpassed 1,500 million pesos.