BAJA CALIFORNIA – The governor of Baja California, Marina del Pilar Avila and the head of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) in Mexico, Adriana Resendez met to follow up on the binational agreements related to acts 320, 323 and 328, which seek to develop actions to guarantee a sufficient water supply for the state.
During the meeting, the Secretary for Water Management, Sanitation and Protection, Víctor Daniel Amador Barragán, and the Secretary General of Government, Alfredo Álvarez Cárdenas, recognized the importance of water supply and access to the vital liquid for both countries.
Álvarez pointed out that the world is facing the phenomenon known as “water stress”, from which the Colorado River basin is not exempt. However, he pointed out that in collaboration with CILA and its U.S. counterpart, as well as the different entities benefiting from this basin, administrative measures have been taken to protect and guarantee the water supply, as well as the river’s water resilience.
In this way, Alfredo Álvarez Cárdenas pointed out, it is guaranteed that water can be distributed to other municipalities by means of the water infrastructure that our entity has.
For his part, the head of SEPROA announced that the State Water Program (PEH) of Baja California was recently presented, based on the diagnosis of the current situation of the state, both in terms of drinking water, distribution and sanitation infrastructure.
This guiding document includes 58 projects and actions qualified as necessary in order to have an optimal water supply, mainly in the communities of the coastal zone. The main projects include four desalination projects, four rehabilitation and expansion projects in the area of sanitation and three reuse projects, as well as the strengthening of infrastructure in drinking water and sewerage networks.
The head of CILA emphasized that Act 320 encompasses projects and actions that Mexico and the United States can carry out in order to achieve greater conservation and better use of such an important natural resource as water.
