Overview
- Governor Pablo Lemus said Wednesday that President Claudia Sheinbaum offered federal backing for a replacement Chapala–Guadalajara aqueduct, the modernization of Planta Potabilizadora 1 (PP1) and complementary works at Presa El Zapotillo.
- The combined program is budgeted at about 22,500 million pesos with roughly 10,000 million for the new aqueduct, 7,500 million from the state for PP1 and about 5,000 million the federation would invest in El Zapotillo.
- The aqueduct would be built under a CMRO public‑private model that the governor says will keep state control over water operations, avoid public debt and not raise household water rates.
- Jalisco says the current Chapala–Guadalajara system loses about 34% of water to leaks and that the new aqueduct could cut losses and save near 500 million pesos a year in electricity for pumping.
- Next steps include Jalisco presenting project dossiers to Conagua and reviewing financing with SHCP, after which the proposal would go to the state Congress and then to a public tender; PP1’s first modernization stage is already under way and is due to finish by March 2027 with early water quality gains visible from October.