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Saturday, July 30th, 2022

‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres

Author:     Lillian Perlmutter
Source:     The Guardian (U.K.)
Publication Date:     Thu 28 Jul 2022 03.00 EDT
 Link: ‘It’s plunder’: Mexico desperate for water while drinks companies use billions of litres
Stephan:   This story is from Mexico, but I think it is a first Robin; there is going to be much more of this. In parts of the United States, and in many other parts of many other countries as well, water is going to become a major societal factor.
Residents queue for water from a water truck in García, near Monterrey, in June. Unlike the city’s poorer areas, Monterrey’s wealthy districts have higher water quotas, with tap water available 12 hours a day. The disparity has led to protests and arson attacks on water pipes. Credit: Julio César Aguilar / AFP / Getty

The water truck parks on a block, a 10-minute walk uphill from Rocio Vega Morales’ house, for 15 minutes at most. She has no clue what time the pipa will arrive in her neighbourhood, delivering the water she and her four children need to bathe, wash dishes and flush the toilet. It could be while she is at work, or in the middle of the night.

The drought in North Mexico means taps are dry in the city of Monterrey so pipas, primarily run by the city authority, are the only way to deliver water to homes and businesses. As people who cannot afford bottled water are drinking the brackish water from the trucks, anger is growing here that beverage companies with bottling plants here, including Coca Cola and Heineken, are […]

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2 Comments

  1. Wilma Bodrak on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 7:41 am

    Having lived in Mexico for 30 + yrs…I have been saying for ages that whoever controls the water will control everything!!

  2. Rev. Dean on Saturday, July 30, 2022 at 3:21 pm

    Let’s hope the “drinks companies” will cut back their production so the whole country does not starve for water.