The Paradox of Mexico's Water Crisis

The country of Mexico is flooding. But it’s also running out of water? In this video Andy speaks with experts on the ground in Mexico to learn about the Mexican water crisis and the unique problems the country is facing.
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Executive Producer/Story Editor/Host: Andy Burgess
Story/Research: Anjali Sharma
Editors: Dylan Boynukalın & Andy Burgess
Motion Graphics: Dylan Boynukalın
Special thanks to Eduardo Hinojosa Robles from World Resources Institute Mexico.
Additional Footage from Storyblocks & Archive.org
Archive Maps from David Rumsey
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Sources 🔗
GDACS - Natural Hazards | bit.ly/3XLPz3Z
New York Times - Mexico’s Cruel Drought | nyti.ms/3Siyqxy
The Guardian - Companies using Mexico’s water | bit.ly/3XPeiVc
Chicago Tribune - People blocking highways and kidnapping municipal workers | bit.ly/3Z8SqFf
The World Bank - Mexico population | bit.ly/3EpimV0
Earth Observatory - A reservoir runs dry | go.nasa.gov/3ErxZLP
Latin America Reports - A Water Crisis In Mexico City | bit.ly/3lPg7Ee
New York Times - San Cristóbal De Las Casas, Mexico | nyti.ms/3IaATpm
Phinizy Center - Olympic Swimming Pool | bit.ly/3SgGbEk
National Geographic Kids - Mexico | bit.ly/3Ifc0cd
Khanubis - Why Mexico City Has A Water Problem | bit.ly/3Z2P9qW
Esquire - Coca-Cola's Shenanigans in Mexico Are Another Sign of the Coming Water Wars | bit.ly/3IIqfI2
Movendi - Big Alcohol’s Water Footprint in Mexico | bit.ly/3KrWcWa
MDPI - The Use of Water in Agriculture in Mexico and Its Sustainable Management: A Bibliometric Review | bit.ly/415GJAW
Bnamericas - Mexico declares state of emergency due to drought | bit.ly/3xIdJ52
Reuters - Mexico declares drought in the northern state of Nuevo Leon | reut.rs/3Sz9aUh
Time Stamps:
0:00 - Mexico is flooding but also running out of water
1:19 - People vs Big Corporations
2:04 - North Mexico vs South Mexico
2:57 - Mexico City is sinking
3:32 -There’s no ‘one common solution’
4:09 - There’s not enough money
4:47 - Why corporations use so much of Mexico's water
6:12 - This is where 80% of Mexico's water goes
6:46 - The effects of climate change across Mexico
#mexico #geography #water

[@Faultlinevideos]

Hey guys, what water-specific stories would you like us to dive into in the future? Are there any countries with water issues that are not talked about enough that we can highlight? Also check out our video we did on the water crisis surrounding the Colorado River in the United States: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH3ZepVtjNF0l5o

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

US has water issues in the southwest. California has it's own problem with water from the mountains drying up while their very rich fertile farmlands take up a lot of water. But the Hoover Dam and Lake Mead that supply water and energy to several states nearby including California is drying up leading to some major legal battels about rationing that water.

[@luiscastro-my3iw]

African warlords and water rights

[@speculationsperceived]

perhaps the water shortage in Australia? some states like South Australia have a very limited supply of water, while Queensland has an excess, especially during the monsoon season

[@joerivanlier1180]

Isn't any country in some kind of water crisis, either to much or to little, and more commonly, both.

[@claire2088]

I think the ethiopia/egypt disputes over the nile are pretty severe

[@luiss210]

I'm from Monterrey, Nuevo León. I can't stress enough how critical the situation was last year and how it affected us all here. Water shortage from 10 AM until 4 AM every single day, people without access to water for 3 or 4 weeks straight, not a single drop, even for people living in the center of the city, not just in far away places, people doing riots in the street because the whole neighborhood lacked water for weeks and nobody came to help them.... For a couple of months there was this constant thought on my head: where is my family going to move in case there is no water left whatsoever. I was literally doing plans in my head for that possible future. We only got saved thanks to big storms that ouccured around august to october. Other wise, who knows what would have happened. And we all know now that this is going to be recurrent every single year in which there are few storms.

[@fifepotaxie]

Yo también me acuerdo we, literal no había agua la mayoría del tiempo😢

[@charleshoang566]

Buy 2000 gallon plastic tank for emergency back up.

[@czahc0s176]

sigue votando por ese partido XDXDXDXDXDXD

[@omaralejandro2425]

yo tambien we, pero yo tuve suerte que vivia en una colonia privada donde teniamos un camion de agua cada semana sirviendonos agua, pero incluso eso no era suficiente y teniamos que conducir hacia apodaca a por agua, apenas hasta noviembre se reestablecio el servicioncompleto aqui

[@omaralejandro2425]

​@@charleshoang566 cant afford, and in drought companies overprice them making them unaccessible

[@Chorutowo]

This honestly just makes me appreciate drinking water more.

[@principalmcvicker6530]

I'm going to go run all my faucets out of gratitude

[@deetsteve00]

bruh

[@manicpepsicola3431]

​@@principalmcvicker6530 when you run out of water you'll never forget that water you wasted bro 💀

[@Luisrrr508]

@@principalmcvicker6530cool , keep on doing it cause forsure you won’t survive . Everyone in the USA will be on starvation because of the water crisis to come ✅ .

[@PerfectionInMotion69]

​@@Luisrrr508 Keep believeing that stupidity, my guy 😂😂🤦🏼

[@santiagohuergo5414]

I'm from Nuevo León, México, and the video is totally true. During 2022, temperatures during summer rose up to 40°C (104°F) and we had NO water at all, but there was never a shortage of beer of Coke. Have you seen the Rango movie? That movie became a reality to us. Also, the lack of infrastructure is so severe that when it actually rains, not even heavy rain, just normal rain that lasts a couple hours, the city floods. That sounds like a joke, but it's our reality.

[@santiagohuergo5414]

By the way, we've never had water shortages like this ever before. This is new problem to us

[@charleshoang566]

I live in San Diego California, some people let their grass lawn sprinkler running all night the water spill into street,that ridiculous,I think they should out law useless grass lawn, they do no good for environment at all.

[@santiagohuergo5414]

@charles hoang Here we had the same issue, until last year's water shortage. Now, domestic water abuse is illegal (but not corporate water abuse, that's just fine, apparently)

[@r.c.salyer3652]

Your reply made me think of my friend who lives above the Periferrico here and the whole neighborhood is not on SIAPA (City Water Service) . What he has done is what countless residence of many Carribbean Islands have done - like in the Virgin Islands. Well when they built the house, they put drains 4" PVC off the roofs, in those drain pipes, 2 meters off the ground he put in "homemade water filters". (2) 2 litre thick coke bottles glued bottom to bottom opened up together after he put in 2 layers of clean gravel and 2 layers of carbon. He replaces these about every 2 years. Then it drains down into a 10,000 litre cistern under the parking car port and front garden, that has an over flow pipe to the street. That's enough for like 8 months of the year from only the rain water. Then the other 4 months he pays for a "Pipa" to come. All in all, even paying for the "Pipa" once a month for 4 months - it's still cheaper than if he had city water service with "SIAPA". Of course, they still pay for 5 gallon "Garfons" of drinking water, that do make their way to their houses.

[@lorenzoantoniodeleon8002]

@@r.c.salyer3652 That sounds amazing, I'd like to do so if my house weren't already built without a backyard or car port hahah I think this should be required when building new houses at least here in northern Mexico.

[@noahwail2444]

Same shit happens in northern Germany, Coka-Cola has got waterrights in some areas, so the lokal farmers and citisens can´t get the water they need. Corruption is widespread...

[@fernandocortesmacias2253]

Here is happening the same with Coca Cola.

[@petette4442]

Coca Cola is a plague

[@us3rG]

Is it corruption or a bad deal ? What if the cities gave em unrevokable right thinking nothing much more of it, after its just water but money is bytch.

[@cipmaster1]

Really? Could you give some more insight? I thought nobody could privately own water in Germany. In my country (Chile) we have a lot of problems with water rights and it's always said that we are the only country with private water rights, which is why it makes me curious what you say.

[@charleshoang566]

So drink Coca cola instead.😁.

[@ripwednesdayadams]

It’s horrible that corporations are permitted to pay next to nothing to use massive quantities of water in Mexico and the US. Our future is so bleak and nothing concrete is being done to stop the abuse of the environment and reign in corporations that continue business as usual while making billions of dollars while they are worsening the problems. It feels impossible trying to stop them. Their massive fortunes allows them the ability to control and influence the government much more effectively than the public.

[@williambrennan5701]

money only buys power , power is simply the ability to have others do things that you want .when enough people get thirsty enough it will end . all the power in the world wouldn't stop a mob dismantling the places .

[@cavaleer]

Well, without the "corporations" the people are even poorer. It's not a "corporation" problem. It's a public leadership problem. Public leadership's responsibility is to discipline and balance the needs of a narrow interest, "corporations", with the needs of the Whole. Thanks to its proximity to America, it's cheap labor and American policy, often to the detriment of Americans, Mexico is currently in the best financial condition it's ever been in. If EVER there was a time to tackle these types of problems with public funds, it is now. Because this won't last forever.

[@madaxgaming6405]

Neo colonialism

[@KravenTheKnight]

​@@palapaquete2 no we don't. We pay a shit ton of money on income taxes and other forms of taxing. The problem is that the money isn't used for public works most of the time and just ends up lining the pockets of politicians.

[@zacharyhenderson2902]

You can't blame the corporations for government waste and corruption.

[@Jo_876]

Why aren’t these videos more popular you always do good explainers.

[@hola25251212]

I am mexican and it's sad to see that even KZbinrs from other countries understand the issue but people here only think more companies, more money, all is good, instead of looking to regulate the ones that are already here

[@soneda]

to change the system you need to be in the system, and change it from inside. And that's very challenging, since if you are in it, you will be forced to follow the already established norm that are 'encouraged' by a few rich people. Well, anyway good luck, i hope Mexico will have politicians who brave enough to challenge this :)

[@kevinwilkins7851]

US corporations wield way too much power worldwide. It will take a mass worldwide labor revolt to usurp power from these scumbags.

[@santiagobonilla5792]

Someone from Baja Sur here: Even though we live in an economically "rich" area of the country, constant water access is granted almost solely to the hotels, and normal people are having to wait up to three weeks to get water supply from the grid.

[@alvarogonzalezhernandez1133]

Great video! I have to say though, the shaded area at 2:30 is northwestern Mexico, and the footage that follows it is from Monterrey, a city in the northeast. Sadly, almost all of Northern Mexico, from Baja to Nuevo León, experiences water shortages, so Northeastern Mexico should be shaded too :)

[@AndreaPancakes]

Eso es una mentira sabes? En Monterrey no ví que fuera tan extremo como decían las noticias, y paradójicamente cuando estaba de vacaciones en el sur me decían que no era día de agua, pensando que me tomaban el pelo, abrí la llave en el hotel, ni una gota, fue un mal viaje

[@cel5365]

@@AndreaPancakespero si estuvimos en sequía…

[@AndreaPancakes]

@@cel5365 pues mucha gente hablaba como si hubiera Sido un Genocidio, me refiero a la exageración, no que no hubiera habido una sequía

[@juanarredondo9763]

i live in Nuevo Leon, the state with the water problem, im avtually working near the water reservoir you showed, we are building another one called "presa libertad", but from my experience living in this state, there was one time that the goverment declared the shutdown of the beer factory for a state emergency and every one panicked to the point of buying large quantities of beer cans

[@christopherlin1129]

Can’t believe high quality video like this have less than 10k view, you deserve better! Please keep up the good work!

[@robertoreza7399]

Real paradox, i live in the north, water never scarce, but just limited consumption. In the south, and specially in the "suburbs" of CDMX, where always rains, they almost never have tap water. In southern states public tap water is rare.

[@Chicoclnmex]

There in suburb área aré the over population AND the industry need of water that Is killing this áreas. For that reason there must be population birth law of 2 children by couple wey aré 130 million AND counting..

[@MajExplains]

How the fuck do you guys have so few views, seriously, this is some of the best content on this website

[@jason0870]

Can tell by your vast vocabulary maj I want you to explain stuff to me.😂😂😂😂 I 100% agree great channel though.

[@javiernaranjo5187]

Mexican here... water were I live has started to interrupt service. I'm from the northern part of Mexico City's Metropolitan Area. Where I live is supposed to be an uppermid class new residential area (~50,000 families). We now have to have large storage tanks (10,000 L) since water only "comes" once or twice every 2 weeks. The irony is that 10 min away there is a medium sized dam (Presa Madin) that is so neglected and dirty it is not used for water distribution.

[@codniggh1139]

Yes, and they let stupid people to build houses and schools around it, so all the pollution from their cars go there.

[@SantiagoFlores-di1et]

As of right now, in Tijuana many parts of the city don't have water and some months ago the city rotated for what part of Tijuana didn't have water for the day and the dam is getting to low levels. Although it is not terrible yet, it's getting quite awful.

[@ramiroquais2073]

The 80% percent of the water is spend in agriculture (with very bad technique and manangment), the water used by corpotations are nothing in comparition. Focusing in corporations sounds nonsense

[@kevin_baker01]

Gracias, increíble video De hecho en donde vivo Coca-Cola nos deja muy seguido sin agua (Apizaco,Tlaxcala) Saludos ❤

[@brago900]

Gastar agua en un país en que falta agua para crear una bebida que da sed...

[@abdelruiz1358]

Im Mexican, i lived in Nuevo León during the drough, it was terrible, we did not have water for our basic needs, we needed to made rations for days, and everyday go to a pipe in the colony to get wather, most of the week there was no wather. and yet my family got it easy, many people had no wather at all and many instead to go in their car or truck to their colony pipe had to go on foot to far places to get some wather, many people had health problems from having to move heavy buckets of wather all day, even some women wih their kids had to do it, because the pipes opened during daytime when most men are working in their office or Industry, while this the destiliries keep working as usual with minor restrictions and it is just sad to have no wather but cheap sodas and beer in the shops and supermarkets. And there are many more instances where foreign companies, our own goverment and sadly people, exploit our nation resources for short term goals and proffit.

[@DougPVlogs]

I have been living and vlogging in Mexico since October 2021 and running water in homes is a huge problem.

[@franciscobates]

Mexican from Nuevo León here! Yes, CocaCola and Heineken use a lot of underground water and thats part of the reason we had water shortages But then again Nuevo León leads the country in coke and beer consumption... So yeah, is the businesses that take most of the water but we then go and buy it back, driving more demand. We kinda brought that on ourselves

[@13gan]

Then when you go to the toilet, you are returning those water back to the land. Such a beautiful water cycle, from the ground, to beer, to human then into piss on the ground. The Leontine water cycle.

[@ericktellez7632]

Stop that, it’s not local consumption, the water is taken used and the result exported to the US in the almost finished product, domestic demand isnt enough to explain the issue, the reason you think it is is the Coca Cola company propaganda at work and ingrained racism, you think its your fault because you are not white. The fault its on the multinational companies.

[@outlawreader]

Ugh, I lived through this last year in Monterrey, it was terrible. It hasn't rained that much this year either so it's likely to happen again. Thank you for the content.

[@claire2088]

it's rough that governments prioritise the economic value over a country over the health and lives of their citizens

[@LeGoooze]

That's every country to a greater or lesser extent...

[@Andy_Babb]

It IS sad, isn’t it? There is so, so much legal and illegal corruption going on in governments around the world. The corporations and uber-wealthy billionaires are really the ones making decisions and then paying the politicians to enact them.

[@1985slipstream]

Yeah but they could have used the revenue or made a deal for these big companies to build the infrastructure as part of the agreement. They would have done it.

[@ash3972]

well if it isn't capitalism

[@robnoriegaa]

It is actually true, I live in the north, and we had a drought for some time, now I take much less time to shower and I try to not waste any water

[@Homer-OJ-Simpson]

Mexico is a country of extreme diverse geography and weather. The northern 1/3 is mostly desert with large mountains in the center, flat in the east, and hilly in the far west. Tijuana on one side is amazing weather like San Diego -- mild temperatures and low humidty all year round. Monterrey on the east is very hot and also humid during the summer with cool winters. Then in the center you have half of mexico's population up in a plateau between mountain high mountain ranges. It's semi arid and because it's very high up, few rivers. In fact, hardly any major rivers in Mexico and not sure if any of them are navigable. This center plateau area has mild temps much like Tijuana. But to the east in the center along the coast like Veracruz it's hot and humid -- jungle like weather. To the west along the coast it's more of the same though a little less heat and humidity. Then in the southern part of Mexico it's a rainforest jungle and mountainous while the yucatan is a flat rainforest jungle. While the geography looks amazing, it is a problem as well. Because of it's terrain and weather, I don't believe Mexico has any major rivers that are navigable. It also has water problems in many areas -- the north because it's a desert and the central areas because it's semi-arid that is up high and no major water sources as a result. The Yucatan has terribly soil and hard to grow anything -- also no navigable rivers. The southern region of mexico is very mountainous and a jungle making life difficult there. Compare that to the US which has a huge area in the midwest / great plains that not only has very fertile soil, but good amount rain and many navigable rivers. To the east, there are areas of great fertile soil and navigable rivers as well. Go to the west, California has extremely fertile soil and the mountains produce enough precipitation to feed the crops in California though the water is becoming an issue in recent years.

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

Our geography used to be better until a certain people took 2/3 of our lands.

[@mggaming4624]

@@Halcon_Sierreno Ya deja de llorar por algo que paso hace 200 años, ademas a excepción de california casi toda esa tierra era desierto

[@koiue.g8709]

​@@mggaming4624 forgive but never forget

[@PrOpoRa8r1Br0]

Tijuana's weather is fine, but being a high population city it also faces major water issues. The city, and most of its metro area needs to pump water from the Colorado River in order to sustain somehow the ongrowing demand. Same for Mexico City, they face several rainfalls and floodings, but they have to pump water from other remote areas in order to keep the city going

[@Halcon_Sierreno]

@@mggaming4624 ¿A tí qué te importa?

[@clover_network]

I live in both in Mexico City and in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and the difference in water availability is huge. In the south, people and authorities waste water indiscriminately. While in the center, we are dry as heck. Water also is so much expensive in the center, paying almost 1000 mexican pesos per month, while in the south we only pay 195 pesos per month.

[@alejandrofelixgutierrez7956]

Yo soy ecuatoriano-mexicano, y te puedo decir que el agua en CDMX es realmente barata comparada con Ecuador, y eso que el agua es abundante en Ecuador, la verdad es que ciertas leyes provocan que el agua no sea valorada, pero hay que tomar medidas urgentes, una seria mover la capital.

[@clover_network]

@@alejandrofelixgutierrez7956 me recordaste a Patricio moviendo Fondo de Bikini xD

[@dantediaz6175]

Truly outstanding video and the worst part of this is that people actually are aware of this and they are not going to do anything about it. And I am saying this as a Mexican that happens to live in the capital city. Last week the government closed the tap for more than half of the city during the Easter vacation we call "Semana Santa" (Holly Week). They've been doing this for over 10 years now. Yet, people do nothing.

[@rmarx1496]

Mexico City could have been a beautiful place if Cortez had of worked with the Aztecs rather than wiped them out. They understood the environment and engineered their city around it instead of against it. Perhaps the Spanish could have even looked to the Dutch a long time ago for water management ideas and saved themselves a lot of trouble. Afterall, one third of the Netherlands is below sea level, yet it manages to keep the water away and has even reclaimed land while Mexico City can't even stop itself from sinking into a lake bed. The bed of a lake that was supposed to be it's water supply. It's very sad for the millions of people who live there along with the collapsing ecosystem around it.

[@ricardocolyersanchez3534]

Watching this from my home in Mexico while I wait for the government to send water to my house again so that I can take a shower after the gym

[@rscott2247]

Or flush a toilet !

[@tedjohnson64]

Fascinating video, thanks for creating this!

[@Faultlinevideos]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!

[@JorgeAFlores]

You mentioned Mexico City but showed takes from Janitzio island several hundred of kilometers away

[@Tr786hala]

Yeah he shows the waterfall from SLP also when talking about the south. Can't blame them tho, probably never been to MX

[@koiue.g8709]

​@@Tr786hala they should do more research

[@graham1034]

$0.1 / 260 gallons? Where I live in Canada we're charging $0.0016 / 260 gallons. Around CAD$2.25/1m liters. But the point is that they also pay other taxes and provide jobs.

[@jeffmojave9184]

Interesting vid... But it's kinda funny to see the b-roll footage of Lake Mead and the Mojave desert for a vid about water in Mexico lol

[@MostPowerfulPMofIndia]

I have always valued water and environment It is my passion and the aim of my life Great video This is my classroom material for sure I too want to teach read on environment and do something for the world

[@marineastro]

In Hidalgo, many municipalities under the control of CAASIM in and around Pachuca suffer a lack of water. It's said it's poor infrastructure but it's not the whole story. The reality is that there are people who rob water clandestinely. What's worse, is that CAASIM still charges its people for the water that doesn't even reach their houses. CAASIM says, ''we still need people to pay to fund improving the infrastructure'' but they aren't providing the services that they're responsible for.

[@1985slipstream]

So why didn't the government use the revenues from the big companies to improve their infrastructure? Poor planning .

[@y4go650]

Thank you for this video, not even mexican journalists are prioritizing the subject

[@MisadventuresOfJason]

These videos are amazing and very insightful! Please keep it up.

[@MicMeTV]

Dude absolutely amazing video

[@bootlegga69]

I'm sure it doesn't help NW Mexico that the US withdraws most of the water from the Colorado River before it gets to Baja either. 60 years ago, it reached the Pacific Ocean, now it dries up kilometers before that.

[@dizidnte]

Que genial video. 100\100 gracias, hermano. 🦅

[@jmcdaniel0809]

Your content it great and too the point glad I just discovered you?!

[@gregfalco4528]

"That doesn't make sense." As a kid, a lot of things about the world didn't make sense. By 18, I had figured out that the world is ruled by people who profit and gain power from the death and suffering of others. Plug that into your equations, and the whole thing makes sense.

[@RuseGuise]

I live in Tijuana and the government has been turning off the water tap every other day for the past two weeks. My water was just turned on today from 3 days of having my water turned off by the government. I didn't have water for 3 days. Thank you for bringing awareness

[@rafangille]

i live in san diego and we had the drought for years but people are so selfish here they don’t pay attention to how much water they use lol

[@ArmaBiologica35]

I live in Nuevo Leon, the fact that corporations were taking too much water was the worst kept secret of the state. Surprisingly enough the water supply from the city was close or above 100% capacity just a couple years prior to the 2022 crisis. The drought just seem to come out of nowhere. It was miserable. Even to this day I still have my water pressure reduced a few hours a day though supposedly that's both a measure to save water and because they are working on improving the water infrastructure. We'll see...

[@JuandizzyMo]

thank you for your video

[@ronnelacido1711]

That's the downside of industrialization in the name of economic growth, but without adequate infrastructure. The existing infrastructure can only cope so much. Multinational companies exploiting finite vital resources like water unregulated will ensure that the rest ofnthe population will be left holding the empty bag of the so-called "growth".

[@GREEENMASTER]

Pray the rosary. Save Mexico because the worst part is I can’t do anything about it.

[@phenomenalwriting]

Excellent video. It's mind boggling to me that Coca Cola can use up so much water then turn around and sell it back to people (under the brand name Ciel) every week. I am currently in Puebla, MX and get weekly water delivery.

[@guidoylosfreaks]

Water war has begun. Since my neighborhood is divided in two sections depending on the water supply people from both sections are fighting for the right to pump water to their houses. Everyday there's less water to pump.

[@therandomchannel333]

I am currently fasting and I absolutely know the worth of every single drop of drinking water. I can understand the pain of the Mexican people.

[@badbunnyfan8271]

You mean you're choosing to not drink water? That's not the same thing

[@erickk.o0606]

no u can't bro

[@yaoiapple]

No, you don´t, I'm from Monterrey and I can assure you whatever process of personal growth you're going through cannot be compared to the anguish of the people in my city, not having water for 2 or 3 weeks in a row, not having money to pay for overpriced bottled water if there was any, old people dying of dehydration,so stfu

[@juancastillo8832]

As a mexican I must say, this is very accurate, it couldnot be explained better

[@getehrwolf6111]

Por lo que tengo entendido, no es culpa de México ni de ningún mexicano, sino del graciosísimo país estados unidos

[@Givefury]

Its something similar In Chile ):

[@Samanier]

¡Gracias!

[@Faultlinevideos]

Thank you for your support, we appreciate it!

[@dece15tgzchs]

It would be great to have this with spanish subtitles, this is very relevant and well explained.

[@damianrodriguez5907]

Wnere my parents are originally from in Guanajuato mexico water only arrives to peoples homes 3 times a week therefore they have to find a way to takes a showers and drink water for the days when water doesn’t come.

[@Faultlinevideos]

Hey guys, what water-specific stories would you like us to dive into in the future? Are there any countries with water issues that are not talked about enough that we can highlight? Also check out our video we did on the water crisis surrounding the Colorado River in the United States: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gH3ZepVtjNF0l5o

[@y.v.g.b.4306]

I had a chat with an environmentalist at the Venice airport a few months ago, he was speaking at a conference in Rome and on his way back to France where he lived. He told me parts of France, including, Paris were now struggling with water issues. I'd like to know what this situation is worldwide. Italy and Spain both had water rations recently if I am not mistaken.

[@melissagranado2181]

If you’re Mexican, American and visit your family in Mexico, you always wondered why they always fill up those barrels of water or buckets of water in the bathroom now I know and it’s a little scary. I don’t know how my family lives this way for them, this is way of life now they excepted it. And it makes me think of other countries, but what makes me upset is how Mexico is being marketed now by Americans is a wonderful place to live in because of cheap living costs and the neighborhoods that they live in don’t go through the water problem.

[@MrMvp8402]

You didn't mention (specifically) how mexico is the biggest producer of avocados and it takes about 528 gallons of water to produce a kilo (or just over 2 pounds) of avocados. Might be a small percentage overall but still contributes to this.

[@ivanrivera777]

This is actually a big problem, A state that usually had problems with floods is having droughts for the first time ever, the government is actually trying to shift agriculture to other crops, it's insane the amount of water avocados need.

[@armandovera2304]

Mexico is not unique to water crisis. The western United States was in severe drought conditions until this winter. California received above normal rainfall that helped with the drought.

[@brago900]

Any country in which an important part of its territory is desert is going to have water problems in those areas, however this is usually compensated with a lower population density in those areas. The problem is that in Mexico you cannot move the population from the north to the south because when there is a lack of water in the north, the south is flooded. It is necessary to build a drainage system that takes water from the south to the natural aquifers of the capital and to expand the production of bottled water.

[@Madskillsuniversity]

Great video! Very informative. I am retiring in Mexico with my wife in 3 years who was born there. Monterrey, and grew up in a the burbs of Monclova. I guess I am in for a threat. However, we will be fine, but this is bad news. It's sad that you can find a coke or a beer, but NOT water. Crazy, but people have to eat, too. Sad! BTW, we don't drink tap water in the US either, and this is COMING to America (and the world) soon, begging in selected areas, and grow. Yet, we STILL prefer COKE and a Beer. Wow!

[@ernestomondragonromero3024]

México is NOT running out of water, the thing is some areas don’t have the enough or good enough infrastructure, and most houses is normal houses have reservoirs for the week demand and the service runs on weekends two or tree days at least here in CDMX

[@lampoilsalesman]

sadly most goverments care little about their own people, and not many are willing to rise up and do something, so i don't have high hopes for a eventual solution.

[@3dogspostproduction]

You touched on it, but there is something interesting going on in Mexico with the big red brand. They are cropping up more than just bottle of coke. Their trucks park and become mobile stores. They are "sponsoring" food stands in very odd ways. There are crews walking the streets in mass numbers than I have ever seen in any other country. Anyway, might want to dig into that.

[@keeegers2997]

Hola. Me llamo Keegan, y para un proyecto de mi escuela, investigué la agua sucio en mexico. Despues de aprender mas informacion de este video, pienso que mexico tiene mucho agua sucio y peligroso. El gobierno en Mexico necesitan priorzar soluciones de agua limpia.

[@uriel_in]

Close to accurate but... Population in Mexico is not growing fast, nowadays birth rate is below 2 child's per mother not enough to grow a population with at least 3. The phenomenon were countries get drought and flood is more common than people think the US is an example of this, you have the east coast who gets dryer because of the cold waters of the Pacific ocean compared to the hot ones of the Atlantic though this fact is enhanced by global warming.

[@franktoledo6342]

The south needs rain catcher. The north are creating ponds which is making the area greener which will bring in the 🌧 rain. Mexico will have to work together for water.

[@relaxingtonuniversity5053]

Why can’t I give you a thumbs up first time ever. I tried to press it but it said you capped out at 4,000 just to let you know. 👍

[@lionr1470]

Earth has an endless periodicity of freshwater.

[@waywardgeologist2520]

The northern states, most of them, have access to the ocean. They could work out a deal with American states to build desalination plants, and then split the water.

[@emoji_page]

The Mexican government needs to plant forests to create the desirable climate they want there. They may need a desalination/irrigation system to support the forests that are planted. Forests release 90% of the water they absorb through their roots as water vapor that becomes local rain clouds. Mexico can have the rich pasturelands and tropical weather it desires. But Mexico will need to first plant forests on a large scale to create the tropical paradise.

[@JaimeBurciaga]

Study La Comarca Lagunera region case to understand better the problem in Mexico.

[@gamerspantheon]

Have you tried building a pipeline from southern mexico to northern mexico?

[@UrbanEconomist5]

How do I make videos like this for my economic research?

[@CarlosRodriguez-xk9ot]

It's a great video, hopefully the next government will address the climate change directly Allow me to do mention that in mty and Sonora in the north federal government did investments however this was the first not corrupt federal government which was a first necessary step to avoid more coca cola situations

[@B-hm7rg]

In from coach yola but moved to Quintana Roo when I was little, there is a difference for sure South it’s full of jungle and the north it’s the desert

[@dingdang3845]

Its beyond unfortunate and a shame that selfishness is so allowed

[@robertdelvecchio6690]

I would like to point out that the NASA pictures of the Cerro Prieto water reservoir showing the dramatic water depletion is actually in northeast México and not in the north west (which is shown on this video to represent the drought area being affected). Cerro Prieto water reservoir is located in the Mexican state of Nuevo Léon (Monterrey is the capital). I know because I'm from there. The info is misleading as to which area is really affected by drought.

[@rafaelacosta5724]

The industrial impact is ridiculously small compared to the 1,000L/s of clean water wasted in leaks. That's way over 1000 fold the Coca-cola's permit, yet Coca doesn't waste that water.

[@TheTalan83]

Here in las vegas we are getting to the point. We have limits on the water.

[@themechbuilder6171]

i live in sonora... and instead of doing somethin about this problem they are installing massive beer-makin factories... (they consume lots and lots of water)

[@tonygomez620]

What about the Water mess in western US?We like to talk about other countries problems,but Not Ours!!

[@charleshoang566]

California is fine because people still water their lawns and wash their cars.

[@TheIronMax]

Honestly, the big companies should invest in ecological compensations, beer and soda factories do a lot of damage in a long term and they do nothing for the areas they exploit, the obesity epidemic is directly linked to this also, Cocacola company is just destroying Mexico little by little.

[@wilfredprins9718]

the northern states used to have water from the Colorado river. but for some weird reason gringo's build golf courses in the desert

[@jadon3760]

2:06 yes

[@mas1085]

Yea most of the north of México the water is very poorly manage

[@a1white]

This is a case study for climate change as a whole and the way governments tackle the crisis. We have the solutions but there is always the counter-arguments of economics “we can’t possibly do x to cut carbon emissions because that will cost our economy far too much”. We need to make a fundamental shift, as a society, and drop the model of perpetual GDP growth as being the measure of how good a country is doing. Capitalism is pushing us towards extinction.

[@moicabo]

The problem with water is that it is being privatized for large consortiums

[@KozelPraiseGOELRO]

Yes, we have problems with the water infraestructure, but climate change is making it worse too. Tax the industries abusing wster may be good, but also requires a cultural change, beer or sweet drinks are often choose over purified water. They call me crazy for drinking pure water rather than flavored water with the food. Am I crazy for choosing not to get diabetes or renal failure in the nesr future? If it were in my hands, I would illegalize Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola at least.

[@pajarocaripocapute]

Even nowadays most people will ask for a glass of coke rather than a bottle of water

[@TheRubMtz]

People from the US have no idea how luck they are here in tamaulipas sometimes the water goes out or even it comes out brownish, and for those who dont know you CANT DRINK TAP WATER IN MEXICO or else you will get very very sick

[@SolarizeYourLife]

They need to kick the drink companies out...

[@angr3819]

How much do Nestle and other such global companies have to do with it?!

[@nachman5570]

The white arrow helped thank you

[@relaxingtonuniversity5053]

This don’t make no damn since on my momma I’m from the states but this is crazy rite here. But we buying rockets for war but not ways to feed people.

[@rodrigoyiyo7113]

Ya valió tostada :c

[@phoenix5054]

The region lacking water is surrounded by seawater. Seems like the solution is pretty self evident?

[@user-ho9pj5os3w]

Are you modern Einstein?

[@jairsantanacastaneda9802]

Que bueno que vivo en el sur, pero aún así todo esto me preocupa, esto no tiene por qué estar pasado aquí😢

[@hfc3249]

México suffers from the lack of "Infraestructure" they don't have enough water Dammes...