On November 27, the El Cuchillo dam must send 200 million cubic meters of water to the Marte R. Gómez dam

Monterrey, NL. Next Sunday, November 27, the dam The knife must send 200 million cubic meters of water to the reservoir Marte R. Gomez, in Tamaulipas.

In a meeting led by the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López, and the Governor of Tamaulipas, Américo Villarreal, it was indicated that after Conagua carried out an analysis, it was determined that this volume will not affect the supply of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area, in addition, it will support to the irrigation district 026.

The head of the National Water Commission (Conagua), Germán Martínez Santoyo, explained that after making projections for the next 24 months of supply, it was determined that the conditions established by the 1996 agreement between the two states exist, currently the El Cuchillo has a storage of 756 million cubic meters and Marte R. Gómez stores 388,519 million cubic meters.

The agreement signed by the governors of both states in 1996 specifies that each 1st. November of each year, if the Marte R. Gómez dam has less than 700 million cubic meters and El Cuchillo has more than 315 million cubic meters, it will send the surplus.

We are not going to do the 386 million cubic meters that we should transfer, we carried out a study that considers the supply conditions of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Monterrey, where we take into account the dry income that occurs in low rainfall conditions (…), the analysis of the two dams was carried out in 24 months, to guarantee drinking water”, highlighted Germán Martínez.

They invest 100,000 million pesos in water works

For his part, the Secretary of the Interior, Adán Augusto López said: “today is a historic day, this day will have two references, because never before has a federal government understood the importance of water, it is not whether we can have more or less, we want to that there be a new culture of drinking water supply”.

The official explained that the agreements signed in 1996 are “impossible to make a reality, and when there was no will it is more difficult, Américo Villarreal was not yet governor and he walked with his accordion, and he told us: you have to comply (with the transfer ) because they have already announced that they are going to build the Cuchillo II aqueduct.”

“The vision of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador must be recognized, because he has invested in the El Zapotillo dam, in Jalisco; in Sinaloa with the Santa María and Picacho dams, in Nayarit it is one, and in Nuevo León, even if it is not wanted to recognize is the dam Libertad”.

In addition, a system is being built to bring drinking water to eight Yaqui communities that lacked the resource, as well as a desalination plant in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur.

“An investment of 100,000 million pesos has been made in four years. Here (in Ciudad Victoria) I assume that the perimeter water collector will begin in 2024 so that it can now begin to comply (with the established transfer).

He thanked the food producers, members of irrigation district 026, since without their willingness it would not have been possible to reach this agreement, “they had the right to a little more than 400 million cubic meters and we have agreed that after two years they will have transfer”, more equitable.

Transfer

The governor of Tamaulipas affirmed that due to the neoliberal vision, the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources was dismantled to give way to the privatization of water, where this public good became the object of concessions to individuals, “and becomes a commodity accessible to who can buy it, and subject to the progress of the privilege to the companies”.

“I say this with experience and information. My father was a technician and defender of national development and of the people of Mexico, in addition we consider the effects on rain patterns due to climate change”, stressed Américo Villarreal.

In the northeast region, contributions must be made when a basin is shared and essential agreements are reached, and although challenges are being faced due to climate change, this must be reflected in equitable availability.

For example, the work announced by the Secretary of the Interior to build an emitter for the Marte R. Gómez dam to receive the treated water for irrigation district 026, was established from the 1996 agreement, “this work must materialize the guarantee of sustainability, we thank the Secretary for considering the issuer for the 2024 expense budget.

“I take this opportunity to make an announcement, we are going to generate an Agenda for the Efficient and Rational Use of Water 2023-2028, and to make it more operational, we are going to create the Secretariat of Hydraulic Resources for Social Development, in a common effort with Conagua” , concluded the governor of Tamaulipas.