2030 Water Agenda
Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................. 1
A Mexico with clean water bodies . ............................................................................ 4
A Mexico with balanced supply and demand for water.............................................. 9
A Mexico with universal access to water services ..................................................... 14
A Mexico with settlements safe from floods ............................................................. 18
Introduction
Consolidating Mexico’s sustainable water policy
requires the definition and implementation of a
long-term Water Agenda in which the populationat-large and political, economic and social
stakeholders take part, including the three branches
and the three tiers of government, companies,
organizations, academia, the educational
community, the media and families.
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We want to pass on a Mexico…
• With clean water bodies
• With balanced supply and
demand for water
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• With universal access to water
services, and
• With settlements safe from
floods
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All municipal wastewater treated
All irrigation surfaces with appropriate technology
Trash-free rivers and lakes
Self-managed basins
Non-point sources of pollution
under control
All industrial wastewater
treated
Suburbs connected to water
supply and sanitation networks
Rural communities with improved
water supply and sanitation
Efficient water utilities
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Reuse of all treated
wastewater
Clean water
bodies
Balanced
supply and
demand for
water
Universal access
to
water services
Settlements
safe from
floods
Aquifers in
equilibrium
Sustaninable land-use
management
Flood zones free from human
settlements
Warning and prevention systems with stateof-the-art technology
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A Mexico with clean water bodies
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Water free from pollutants
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With ordered and clean banks
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Which improve the appearance
of cities and fields
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With abundant life inside and around them
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All municipal wastewater treated
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Provide incentives for the treatment of
wastewater
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Include charges for sanitation in water tariffs
for urban and industrial use
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Support programs for the creation and
rehabilitation of infrastructure
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Federal support programs for the development
of wastewater collection systems
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Capacity development to guarantee the
appropriate operation and conservation of
infrastructure
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Trash-free rivers and lakes
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Reinforce monitoring and control programs
against dumping in ravines and rivers
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Awareness-raising campaigns
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Provide incentives for the integrated
management of solid waste for municipalities
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Non-point sources of pollution under control
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Reduce the negative effects of agrochemicals
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Programs to dispose of industrial and domestic
toxic wastes
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Control soil erosion
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All industrial wastewater treated
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Priority supervision of the highest polluting
sectors (sugar, paper, food and basic metals)
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Provide incentives for clean technologies
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Provide incentives for the reuse of water
Strengthening of the CONAGUA’s installed
capacity for the inspection and monitoring
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A Mexico with balanced supply and demand for water
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Water equilibrium both in surface and
groundwater
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Free from pollution
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Strategic reserves of groundwater
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All irrigation surfaces with appropriate technology
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Modernization and technification programs for
agricultural irrigation infrastructure
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Provide incentives for crop patterns which are compatible with the availability of water in each basin
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Strengthening of systems to measure and verify
the fulfillment of the volumes allocated
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Self-managed basins
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Consolidation of River Basin Councils and
their auxiliary bodies
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Integrated basin management plans
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Basin regulations
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Strengthening and professionalization
of River Basin Organizations
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Reuse of all treated wastewater
Fiscally promote the reuse of wastewater in:
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Agriculture
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The irrigation of natural areas
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Industry
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Injection in water bodies
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Groundwater recharge
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Aquifers in equilibrium
Reduce the extraction of overdrafted
aquifers
Increase recharge
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Promote the management and recovery of natural
recharge areas
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Provide incentives for the building of soakways
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Technification of agricultural irrigation
Provide incentives for agricultural irrigation with
treated water
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Reduce leaks in drinking water networks
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Increase the CONAGUA’s installed capacity to
avoid and remove irregular wells
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Provide incentives for the injection of treated water
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A Mexico with universal access to water
services
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Networks in cities
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Confidence when drinking tap water
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Non-conventional systems in the most remove
areas
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Suburbs connected to water supply and sanitation networks
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Support programs for the supply of services in
poor urban areas
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Restrict settlements in areas that are difficult
to supply to
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Rural communities with improved water supply and sanitation
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Subsidiary support programs for municipalities
to supply rural localities
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Promote the development of on-site
catchment and treatment technologies
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Capacity development for the appropriate
operation of systems
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Efficient water utilities
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Support programs for professionalization
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Programs to provide incentives for efficient
physical and commercial use
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Promote the establishment of realistic tariffs
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Awareness-raising publicity campaigns on the
value of water and to promote the culture of
paying for water
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Develop and disseminate innovative financial
schemes
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A Mexico with settlements safe from
floods
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Appropriate use of flood zones
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Integrity of river beds and reservoirs
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Wise coexistence with nature
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Land planning programs for all cities at risk of flooding
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Strengthen and unify the national land
planning policy
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Ecological planning programs drawn up in the
states, which include the protection of human
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settlements and protection of productive
zones in areas at risk
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Link triennial municipal urban development
plans with ecological land planning
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Flood zones free from human settlements
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Clear demarcation of flood zones
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Relocation of current settlements
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Prevention of new settlements in flood zones
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Stimulate the fulfillment of governmental land
planning obligations
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Involve civil society in the monitoring of the
fulfillment of land planning
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Warning and prevention systems with state-of-the-art technology
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Early warning systems
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Research and development of technology
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Regional Meteorological Centers
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Complete linkage with the World
Meteorological Organization
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Regional Emergency Attention Centers
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Making this agenda a reality requires the commitment of…
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Federal government
State governments
Municipal governments
Federal Congress
State Congresses
Judges and Magistrates
Farmers
Industrialists
Development banks
Academia
River Basin Councils
Educational system
The media
International development agencies
Civil Society Organizations
Families
…forming a powerful INSTITUTIONAL COALITION
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