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Mexico City Unveils Rain Garden at Azteca to Recharge Aquifers and Curb Floods

The project anchors a city program to install 160 infiltration sites this year.

Overview

  • Officials say the Coapa installation can infiltrate up to 1.3 million liters per day on site and, with storm tanks and collectors, exceeds 10 million liters across the local system.
  • The government reports the system handled recent rains over 30 millimeters, with water ponding then filtering into the subsurface as designed.
  • The project cost 22 million pesos and is billed to directly benefit more than 40,000 residents near Santa Úrsula Coapa.
  • Authorities add that seven wells were rehabilitated in the area, boosting supply by more than 9 million liters daily and extending service hours.
  • Neighborhood assemblies contest the consultation process, label the garden cosmetic, and renew demands to cancel a Televisa well concession, with protests around the stadium continuing.