Scientific America
The global press recently warned that as early as June 2024, Mexico City, home to 22 million people, could face “Day Zero”—the complete loss of fresh water at the taps. The situation on the ground, although dire, is more nuanced. “Day Zero is a bit of an exaggeration,” says Juan Bezaury, a former associate director at the Nature Conservancy in Mexico. Instead, Bezaury says, Mexico City, North America’s largest city, is facing the exhaustion of the Cutzamala aqueduct system, which brings the metropolis up to 25 percent of its water, from reservoirs across the surrounding state of Mexico. Scientists say the persistent drought much of the country has suffered is depleting its reservoirs. “Climate change is changing the [likelihood] of these extreme events,” says Sarah Kapnick, chief scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. More Here
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