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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | March 2008 
Mexico Vows to Invest US$21 Billion in Water Projects
 Associated Press
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Mexico City: President Felipe Calderon pledged Monday to invest US$21 billion (€13.6 billion) in water projects to expand drinking water networks, drainage and water treatment plants over the next five years.
"This will be the biggest investment in (water works) in the history of Mexico," Calderon said at an event unveiling the program in Mexico's central Hidalgo state.
The program aims to ensure that at least 95 percent of the population has access to drinking water by 2012, expanding distribution to 10 million unserved inhabitants. It will give 90 percent of the country access to sewage drains — 6.5 million more people than have it today, Calderon said.
The plan also calls for irrigation systems to be upgraded on 1.2 million hectares (3 million acres) of arable land in a bid to conserve water, and for Mexico to treat 60 percent of its sewage by 2012, up from just 38 percent today. |
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