The National Water Commission (Conagua) said that the increase in water extracted from the La Amistad Dam, in Coahuila, is for the supply of the northwest zone of Mexico and not to comply with the Water Treaty with the United States dating from 1944.
In a statement, the Conagua indicated that “last Sunday the extraction to the Friendship dam was increased; however, this is not related in any way to comply with the 1944 waters treaty.”
He explained that “it is an ordinary procedure” of the Friendship and Falcón dam system, which together supply 13 cities, as well as the irrigation district 025, “so it is common for water to pass from one prey to another to complement the supply to the northwest area of Mexico.”
On Sunday, the mayor of the municipality of Acuña, Emilio de Hoyos, where the dam is located, warned that the extraction of the liquid was to fulfill the treaty with the United States and this action could “empty the prey at an alarming level”, which, he said, is 12% of his capacity due to drought.
Lee: They ask Sheinbaum to stop water extraction in a dam in Coahuila to deliver it to the US
On Monday, before the extraordinary extractions of water to the La Amistad Dam in Coahuila, the governor of that state, Manolo Jiménez, said he sympathized with the mayor of the municipality of Acuña, Emilio de Hoyos, to protect the water from the inhabitants of Coahuila and Mexico.
This Tuesday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said she is dialogue with the governors of Tamaulipas and Coahuila and with the governor of Chihuahua “so that it is a joint agreement to see how much water can really be delivered from what Mexico owes, without affecting Mexican producers, but at the same time complying with the 1944 treaty.”
On Friday, Sheinbaum ruled out that there will be a conflict or a renegotiation of the 1944 Water Treaty, after Trump warned of reprisals against Mexico for the more than 1.6 billion cubic meters of water that owes Texas.
Lee: Mexico has complied with water with the US, Sheinbaum replies
Mexico promised to fulfill the Water Treaty with the United States, but warned of the problems existing due to the drought that the north of the country is experiencing.
With EFE information
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