Experts say that Mexico City could run out of drinking water by the end of June, an event locals call “Day Zero.”
Mexico City has long struggled to bring water to its millions of residents, but three consecutive years of low rainfall and high temperatures have created a serious emergency.
Conditions are so bad that the North American Drought Monitor classified the federal district containing Mexico City as “severe” on April 30.
The system normally moves about 15 cubic meters of water a second and provides service to about 22 million people.
About 40% of Mexico City’s water is lost due to leaky pipes and other issues, the Post reported.
But rainfall might cause a “false sense of security,” Christina Boyes, a professor at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching in Mexico City, told the Post.
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