Of the writing
La Jornada newspaper
Sunday, August 17, 2025, p. 8
After three years of rainfall below the average, the heavy rains recorded so far this year allowed the recovery of the storage level of the 210 largest reservoirs in the country, which are above 50 percent of its capacity, which strengthens the availability of water to guarantee the supply to the population.
Even the Cutzamala system that supplies water to the Valley of Mexico, increased 28 percent, compared to the same month of the previous year. Currently, the three dams that make it up, The forest, Bravo Valley and Villa Victoria64.8 percent of storage are located, which represents a volume of 506.79 million cubic meters.
According to the National Water Commission (Conagua), the national average went from 44 percent to early 50 percent on August 11, equivalent to a total 63 thousand 29 million cubic meters in the 210 national dams.
Of the total dam, 27 are at 100 percent filling; 65, between 75 and 100 percent, and 56, between 50 and 75 percent of its capacity.
In particular, the reservoir Bravo Valley records 301.34 million cubic meters (76.4 percent); The forest105.96 million cubic meters (52.4 percent) and Villa Victoria It stores 99.50 million cubic meters (53.6 percent).
The National Meteorological Service reported that from January 1 to August 10, 386.8 millimeters of rain were counted, representing 1.4 percent more than what usually observed in that period.
