Overview
- Officials gave the start signal for the reservoir and associated works, which will deliver about 1,500 liters per second to roughly 340,000 residents and complement the Guadalupe Victoria dam.
- Authorities estimate a total investment of about 3,985–4,000 million pesos, with 300 million pesos allocated to begin work in 2025.
- CONAGUA targets diversion works by April 2026 and projects the system to begin operating in the first quarter of 2028.
- Planned infrastructure includes an intake, a pumping plant, a 15 km conveyance line and a water treatment plant, with a dam sized at 126 million m3, 98 meters high and 280 meters long.
- Upon commissioning, the system would allow 69 wells in the Valle del Guadiana aquifer to be taken offline due to fluoride and arsenic issues, and construction is expected to create about 1,400 direct and 2,800 indirect jobs.