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  2. www.cnn.com › 2024/02/25 › climateMexico City may be just months away from running of out water ...

    Feb 25, 2024 · Around 60% of Mexico City’s water comes from its underground aquifer, but this has been so over-extracted that the city is sinking at a frightening rate — around 20 inches a year, according...

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  3. pulitzercenter.org › stories › search-mexico-citysThe Search for Mexico City’s Lost Water | Pulitzer Center

    Jul 16, 2023 · Over the last 400 years, the drainage system in Mexico City has emptied and created aquifers in a massive transfer of water. To the north of the city, Mexico City’s untreated wastewater irrigates Mezquital Valley, a former desert that now produces alfalfa, corn, and wheat in abundance.

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  5. www.washingtonpost.com › climate-environment › 2024Why Mexico City’s water crisis is causing it to sink - The ...

    Jun 4, 2024 · A culprit for the uneven sinking in Mexico City, researchers say, is pumping water from underground. The water extraction enables the porous soil to compact and depress.

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  6. www.aljazeera.com › features › 2024/5/11Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be ...

    May 11, 2024 · Mexico City is sinking, running out of water: How can it be saved? The city faces ‘Day Zero’ as aquifers drain and pipes break. Meanwhile, costly workarounds don’t fix the real problem.

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  7. gca.org › this-is-how-mexico-city-is-tackling-itsThis is how Mexico City is tackling its water challenges

    Jan 18, 2021 · Currently, more than half the water for the central city comes from its aquifer. Less than half of what is extracted annually is replenished, according to the local government, and that over-exploitation has caused the city – built on a former lake-bed – to sink unevenly, wreaking havoc on drainage.

  8. www.npr.org › 2018/09/14 › 647601623Mexico City Keeps Sinking As Its Water Supply Wastes Away

    Sep 14, 2018 · Drinking water increasingly comes from a vast aquifer under the metropolis. And as that water table drops, the city sinks.

  9. www.nationalgeographic.com › environment › articleMexico City is running out of water—are these cities next?

    Jun 14, 2024 · Record-breaking heat and years of mounting drought, capped last June by El Niño winds that cut the rainy season short, have pushed Mexico City’s water reservoirs into a historic deficit.

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