Mexico City has a lot of water until it was drained in the 60s this Easter, 5 Million people went without water as the water levels in the reservoirs are very low.
The National Infrastructure plan identified in 2007 as a cornerstone of development in Mexico is designed to improve this situation . The NIP identifies over 300 infrastructure projects in multiple sectors with spending targeted at over $141 billion .
Lack of water for human and agriculture poses one of the biggest threats to development and one way is to add more water capacity ( one of the NIP Projects is to build a 650MGD Water plant in Mexico City ) another way is to improve farm productivity.
Maize, a staple diet for Mexicans is very wasteful in the consumption of water compared to corn grown in the US.The most efficient user of water in corn is the US , India at 2500 m3 is closer to Mexico with a 5x water footprint. In fact, if the water used in all the Cereals imported into USA were to be calculated a 7 Bil m3 of virtual water flows from the US to Mexico.
This virtual water is keeping pressure off the stressed water condition in Mexico.
The National Infrastructure plan identified in 2007 as a cornerstone of development in Mexico is designed to improve this situation . The NIP identifies over 300 infrastructure projects in multiple sectors with spending targeted at over $141 billion .
Lack of water for human and agriculture poses one of the biggest threats to development and one way is to add more water capacity ( one of the NIP Projects is to build a 650MGD Water plant in Mexico City ) another way is to improve farm productivity.
Maize, a staple diet for Mexicans is very wasteful in the consumption of water compared to corn grown in the US.The most efficient user of water in corn is the US , India at 2500 m3 is closer to Mexico with a 5x water footprint. In fact, if the water used in all the Cereals imported into USA were to be calculated a 7 Bil m3 of virtual water flows from the US to Mexico.
This virtual water is keeping pressure off the stressed water condition in Mexico.
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