water supply

[McNally del Campo]

Hi Jesm,

I'm happy to hear back from someone with so much knowledge about this topic. Your message is not particularly comforting, but its important information to know. My wife and I intend to move to Mexico, perhaps in the next 10 years, and I am worried about the future of this area. We're relatively young, so I'd like to plan 50+ years out.

Rooftop water collection seems very feasible in most parts of Mexico, and it looks like its being adopted in rural areas, since lots of people already store water in tanks and cisterns, but being a city with lots of rock, I don't think Guanajuato (city) could switch. Plus, the it seems like the rain comes during only a few months, so you'd have to have capacity for an 8 month supply. Unless the houses already have the underground structure, there doesn't seem like a reasonable way to add a cistern that big. I imagine when supplies run short, agriculture and the further out residential areas would lose out on some of their share. In her experience in Mexico priorities, my wife thinks there is no way the central city itself would be limited.

If you moved here 4 years ago, and the study from your friend was done only 2 years ago, did you have any concerns about the water supply beforehand? Are you concerned for you own personal supply (years down the line) of water or would you not be in Guanajuato long enough?

Merida or Xalapa would be our next choice of areas to go if Guanajuato doesn't have a bright future.