Overview
- On October 14, the Chamber of Deputies referred the presidential initiatives to the Hydraulic Resources, Drinking Water and Sanitation Committee for a ruling and to the Budget and Public Account Committee for opinion.
- The package seeks to guarantee the human right to water while consolidating state authority by making the Mexican State the sole regulator of water use.
- Key measures would ban private transfers of water rights, require unused concessions to return to Conagua for redistribution, and create a National Water Registry to replace the current record system.
- The proposals include agrarian-use rules plus a catalog of water-related crimes and penalties, and they highlight social participation and recognition of community water systems.
- Civil-society groups and analysts caution that implementation hinges on resources and Conagua’s enforcement capacity, with reported local disputes such as the Time Ceramics case in Hidalgo cited to argue for tighter oversight.