Mexico to build water treatment plant at Lago de Guadalupe

The Mexican government, through the National Water Commission (Conagua), is constructing a water treatment plant at Lago de Guadalupe in Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico. This project is part of a strategic plan to improve water supply conditions in the Valle de México metropolitan area.

With an investment exceeding 5.5 billion pesos, the infrastructure will include a diversion dam, a pumping plant, and a 14-kilometer conduction line. The facility is designed to process up to 3,000 liters of water per second by treating rainwater captured in the artificial reservoir. The project also involves rehabilitating the metropolitan conduction line and performing work at the Ancón pumping plant.

In addition to providing potable water to Cuautitlán Izcalli and other areas of the State of Mexico, the project aims to reduce flood risks in the eastern region of the state. The Lago de Guadalupe reservoir, originally built during the administration of Lázaro Cárdenas as a regulation basin, will now be utilized for productive water supply.