Overview

• The executive filed an initiative with the Chamber of Deputies to enact a General Water Law and amend the National Waters Law.
• The draft would prohibit private buying, selling and transfer of water concession titles to reassert water as a national resource.
• It would create a National Water Registry and a chapter on water crimes with penalties of 1–10 years in prison and fines of 300–4,000 days.
• The proposal also recognizes community water systems and sets up a national reserve fund to channel reassigned supplies to strategic projects.
• Baja California’s governor endorsed the plan, and the state water secretary said selling surplus water would be barred and noted about 85 million cubic meters move yearly to Tijuana and the coast at roughly 1–1.30 pesos per m³, with both officials awaiting the full text.