The current rainy season continues to report positive numbers in relation to the Cutzamala System. The dams that make it up appear full and supply is assured.
The Cutzamala System reached a historic storage level with 97.27% of its total capacity, one of the highest values in recent yearsaccording to the technical report of the Water Basin Organization of the Valley of Mexico (OCAVM) of the National Water Commission (Conagua).
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The report indicates that, As of October 23, the three main dams of the system, which are Villa Victoria, Valle de Bravo and El Bosque, maintain volumes greater than 94% in all cases. Together, they store 761 million 127 thousand cubic meters of water, out of a total of 782 million 521 thousand available..
Villa Victoria has a filling rate of 94.9%; Valle de Bravo reached 97.7% and El Bosque reached 98.6%levels that contrast with those observed in the same period of 2023, when the system barely exceeded 45% capacity and remained at critical levels.
Assured supply
The sustained increase, reported the National Water Commission, is attributed to the rains recorded between August and Octoberwhich totaled more than 350 millimeters on average in the upper basin of the system, as well as a temporary reduction in block supply to the Valley of Mexico during the first half of the yearwhich allowed storage to be recovered.
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According to a follow-up carried out by El Universal on the filling of the Cutzamala System, the rebound It represents a drastic change compared to the last two years of drought, since, in October 2024, the system barely reached 56%, and Conagua maintained emergency plans in the face of the risk of reaching “day zero.”.
With the current 97%, the dams guarantee the supply of 15.7 cubic meters per second of drinking water to the City and State of Mexicoa volume that increased 45% since mid-October, according to previous reports from the Technical Committee for the Operation of Hydraulic Works.
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