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Nezahualcoyotl/Neza, Naucalpan, and Ecatepec (the municipalities mentioned) are not in Mexico City proper. They along with Iztapalapa are the former slum towns
by alephnerd 2y ago
Nezahualcoyotl/Neza, Naucalpan, and Ecatepec (the municipalities mentioned) are not in Mexico City proper.
They along with Iztapalapa are the former slum towns. How much of the water crisis can be attributed to the fact that these were all unplanned muncipalities, with split governance between Mexico State and CDMX
Edit: Yep, looks like only 15% of water in Mexico is allocated to human consumption and the rest is for agriculture and manufacturing [0].
Now I'm curious how many seats in Estado Mexico's assembly are within the CDMX metro and how many are not. If majority of them aren't within the CDMX metro then it's the classic democracy dilemma you see in Brazil, India, Indonesia, Philippines, etc as well.
[0] - https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/mexico-water-crisis-claudia-sheinbaum https://www.axios.com/2024/11/26/mexico-water-crisis-claudia...
- arebop 2y agoFor comparison, about 13% of water in US is allocated to "human consumption" with the rest for ag and mfg [https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/science/total-water-use-united-states https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/water-science-school/sci...].
- alephnerd 2y agoGood point! But American sewage systems are also functional and maintained/upgraded. I'm not sure how DPW-style work is funded or managed at the municipality level in MX.
- ForTheKidz 2y agoMedico city is basically at the level of the water table, no? Building a sewer must be a serious pain in the ass.
- alephnerd 2y agoEdit 3: My hypothesis about state impact doesn't hold (forgot that Mexico follows the same system as the US of direct governer elections plus a mix of direct and proportional representation). That said, now I'm curious about how public funds are disbursed to localities. How do local municipalities and unincorporated areas get services funded in Mexico?