Water use in Mexico

       The documentary Flow was very interesting and alarming. I knew that the water has started to become scarce but i did not know that there was so much water is disappearing. The people who seem to be most effected are people from countries that have hot climates and are still developing. People seem to suffer more in those countries when they live in rural areas. Also, even though a lot of people are still unaware, the running out of water is extremely deadly. If water runs out everyone is in trouble no matter what race, age or gender. It is not like oil where if we run out we will be economically crippled but water is the key to life. Even the rich will be affected because I believe eventually water will be more valuable then money. I think there are two major reasons that water is starting to disappear is because global warming that is heating the earth and the fact that there is just to many people will too high demands. People need to get serious about conserving water so we will not run out for a long time.


              Water use in Mexico

   Between 1990 and 2010 Mexico had an increase in access to piped water supply in urban areas (88% to 93%) as well as in rural areas (50% to 74%). Yet there is still inadequate access in rural areas and lots of in adequate water service quality. Mexico is suffering the most in the northern and central parts in the country. In three Mexican cities water and sanitation services are provided by private companies as early as 2011 named Cancun, Castillo and Aguascalientes. The extent of water scarcity in mexico is so serious that the government released an advertising campaign titled "February 2010 the city may run out of water!". With an increasing demand and an increasingly limited supply, certain cities in mexico risk being void of water. With an increasing population Mexican residents of semi-arid and arid-northern, northwestern and central regions use an average of 75 gallons of water a day compared to the US that only us 50 gallons a day. Mexico is heavily dependent on under ground aquifers, as it continues to draw water from these sources to supply almost 70% of its needs. But the rate of extraction has far exceeded replenishment. Currently 101 of 653 aquifers in mexico are severely exploited. Land subsidence is a side effect with a city plunging 10 meters in the last century. Another way mexico gets water is by the tapping of water from the Cutzmala dam system. Huge pipes that used to expel waste water to prevent flooding are now being used to pipe water into the city from the dam system. But the dam is drying up and its water levels are falling rapidly. This dame provides one fifth of Mexico's water. Also the poor infrastructure of the pipe makes a loss of 40% of  the water every second before reaching mexico.