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Independent reporting on infrastructure and utilities: water, power, internet, waste, and sewage. Track outages, bids, backlogs, and project timelines to stay informed.

Romantic Zone trash pickup

•December 15, 2025

Romantic Zone trash pickup just changed for high season

Puerto Vallarta expands Romantic Zone trash pickup from Dec 17 with morning and overnight routes, plus fines for late set-outs.

Conagua pauses Los Cabos

•December 15, 2025

Conagua pauses Los Cabos projects and a new hospital stalls

Conagua has paused paperwork for multiple Los Cabos projects, including an IMSS hospital, alarming officials as delays ripple into health and growth.

guadalajara fountains

•December 11, 2025

Guadalajara’s emblematic fountains get 14 million peso glow

Guadalajara's emblematic fountains get a 14-million-peso overhaul, with structural repairs and RGB lighting to revive key public spaces.

Cancun housing infrastructure deficit

•December 11, 2025

Cancun housing infrastructure deficit hits breaking point

Cancun developers warn that strained power and water networks, short by over one billion pesos, could stall 65,000 planned homes.

Solar kiosk Los Cabos

•December 10, 2025

First solar kiosk in Los Cabos lights up remote village

With a new solar kiosk, the remote community of La Candelaria finally gets reliable power for families, students and daily life in northern Los Cabos.

puerto vallarta street paving

•December 9, 2025

Puerto Vallarta street paving push hits 120 roads in 2026

Puerto Vallarta plans a 2026 Lluvia de Calles works push to pave more than 120 streets, if the new budget wins council approval.

Los Cabos water crisis

•December 8, 2025

Los Cabos water crisis forces families into DIY storage

Los Cabos families now build huge home cisterns to survive long water rationing gaps as taps run dry and trucked water bills soar.

Ground fissures in Mexico City

•December 8, 2025

Ground fissures in Mexico City threaten streets and homes

Mexico City mapped 376 ground fissures in Iztapalapa and Tláhuac and is testing a UNAM method to keep cracked streets from failing.

Playa 88 submarine cable

•December 8, 2025

Playa 88 submarine cable plan puts last green lung at risk

Activists warn a new CFE submarine cable at Playa 88 could damage mangroves and the Francisco I. Madero Reef threatens protected wildlife.

Los Cabos water crisis

•December 5, 2025

Los Cabos water shortage still drags on as city grows

Los Cabos enters a second year of government still dragging a deep water shortage, clogged streets and a housing gap for workers.

•December 2, 2025

Puerto Vallarta water outage to hit 60 neighborhoods this week

Residents are urged to store water as a planned Puerto Vallarta water outage lowers pressure or cuts service across more than 60 neighborhoods.

Cabo San Lucas water

•December 1, 2025

Mexico water crisis far outgrows Mexico’s tiny budget

Mexico’s top water adviser says the country needs 160 billion pesos a year for dams, pipes and irrigation, but Congress offers only a fraction.

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