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Mexico’s Looming Water Crisis and the Call for Change

Puerto Vallarta (PVDN) - Over the past ten years, a significant rise in the frequency, intensity, and duration of droughts across the country has been observed. The Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO) data reveals that in 2021, there were 8,491 registered droughts; of these, 71 percent were categorized as severe, 26 percent as extreme, and the remaining 3 percent as exceptional.

This data signals that a vast portion of the country is grappling with high or extremely high water stress, endangering future generations' water supply. This warning comes from Fernando González Villarreal, the Technical Coordinator of . . .

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