Overview
- Ricardo Monreal said a draft opinion will be ready in roughly 10 days and will alter provisions on inheritance and transmission of water rights.
- Proposed changes would keep water rights attached to land sales to preserve legal certainty and property value for producers.
- Alfonso Ramírez Cuéllar pledged there will be no vote until consensus and final wording are reached, with more public hearings planned in several states.
- PRI leader Rubén Moreira called the announced tweaks a “vile deception,” arguing Conagua sign-off would centralize control despite allowing inheritance.
- Officials cite roughly 20,000 illegal wells to justify reform, while agricultural groups warn of escalating protests if centralizing features remain.