Mexico City gets about a quarter of its water from a system that is running dry. Some say it could be unable to provide water by June 26, known as “Day Zero” in the metropolitan area of 22 ...

Mexico City, once a water-rich valley that was drained to make way for a vast city, has a metropolitan population of 23 million, among the top 10 largest in the world and up from 15 million in 1990.

MEXICO CITY — María Cristina Peláez holds up a bottle of a dark brown liquid. It looks like Coca-Cola and smells like sewage. This is the water that has come from her neighbor's tap since 2022.

Mexico City is grappling with a water shortage — exacerbated by poor infrastructure and climate change. And if the rain doesn't come in the next few months, the situation could become critical.

By Brendan O'Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ample rains across Mexico in recent weeks have helped replenish the country's parched reservoirs, but much of the drought-plagued country's water supply ...

Mexico City, one of the world's most populous cities, could be just months away from running out of water. It’s a crisis brought on by geography, growth and leaky infrastructure, all compounded ...

In Mexico City, more and more residents are watching their taps go dry for hours a day. Even when water does flow, it often comes out dark brown and smells noxious. A former political leader is ...

Yet in July, eight of Mexico’s 32 states experienced moderate to extreme drought, resulting in more than half of its 2,463 municipalities confronting water shortages, according to the National ...

Rising water swallows the ruins of the canceled airport as Lake Texcoco recovers, a pivot in the land use vs ecological ...

And Mexico City’s government has invested in the installation of 70,000 systems since 2019, still a drop in the bucket for the sprawling metropolis of around 9 million.

Residents are planning for a “day zero” situation, with water shortages impacting nearly every part of the city. Iñaki Echeverria points toward the edges of the horizon where the plateau of the Valley ...

Mexico City's new left-wing mayor took office Saturday with a pledge to defend women's rights, tackle water shortages and address gentrification in the capital, home to more than nine million ...