Overview

• The July 24 memorandum secures $693 million for 13 cross-border sanitation projects, with the U.S. providing $600 million and Mexico $93 million
• Completion deadlines under the 2022 Acta 328 framework have been moved up to December 31, 2027, for treatment-plant expansions, interceptor overhauls and pumping-station rehabilitation
• Key works include doubling capacity at the San Antonio de los Buenos plant, rehabilitating Insurgentes and Carranza collectors, and upgrading Matadero and Los Laureles interceptors
• EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin and SEMARNAT chief Alicia Bárcena highlighted the pact’s emphasis on lasting solutions after April site inspections and renewed CILA commitments
• The U.S. House Appropriations Committee has conditioned part of its FY 2026 assistance on Mexico’s certification of water deliveries under the 1944 water treaty