After three years of below-average rainfall, the heavy rains recorded so far this year have allowed the storage levels of the country's 210 largest reservoirs to recover, to over 50 percent of their capacity, strengthening water availability to ensure water supply to the population.
Even the Cutzamala System, which supplies water to the Valley of Mexico, increased by 28 percent compared to the same month last year. Currently, the three reservoirs that comprise it—El Bosque, Valle de Bravo, and Villa Victoria—are at 64.8 percent storage capacity, representing a volume of 506.79 million cubic meters.
According to the National Water Commission (Conagua), the national average rose from 44 percent at the beginning of June to 50 percent on August 11, equivalent to a total of 63.29 billion cubic meters in the country's 210 dams.
Of the total number of dams, 27 are at 100 percent capacity; 65 are between 75 and 100 percent full; and 56 are between 50 and 75 percent full.
In particular, the Valle de Bravo reservoir records 301.34 million cubic meters (76.4 percent), El Bosque, 105.96 million cubic meters (52.4 percent) and Villa Victoria stores 99.50 million cubic meters (53.6 percent).
The National Weather Service reported that from January 1 to August 10, 386.8 millimeters of rain fell, which is 1.4 percent more than what is normally observed during that period.
