Pressure for water access will intensify in Mexico

Significance

Reducing water supplies are an established problem in the area, and recent events highlight long-term mismanagement of the water-supply infrastructure that has allowed the situation to reach crisis point.

Impacts

• Risks of social unrest will increase in affected neighbourhoods.
• Opposition to water-hungry projects will intensify.
• Growing calls for water deliveries and the need to boost spending on infrastructure will increase budgetary pressures.