Mexico City's Water Supply
Mexico City's Water Supply

Author: The Joint Academies Committee on the Mexico City Water Supply

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-05-22

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0309587948

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This book addresses the technical, health, regulatory, and social aspects of ground water withdrawals, water use, and water quality in the metropolitan area of Mexico City, and makes recommendations to improve the balance of water supply, water demand, and water conservation. The study came about through a nongovernmental partnership between the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council and the Mexican Academies of Science and Engineering. The book will contain a Spanish-language translation of the complete English text.

Thirsty Cities
Thirsty Cities

Author: Danilo J. Anton

Publisher: IDRC

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1552501086

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Many cities in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing a water crisis as sources become exhausted or degraded. Urbanization, deteriorating infrastructures with a lack of funds for repairs, and inadequate polices are conspiring to cause water shortages. People are becoming concentrated in megacities, such as Mexico City with a population of almost 23 million, that have outgrown their water-supply systems. Urban areas are increasingly incapable of supplying water and sewer systems for their populations. By the year 2020, more than 500 million inhabitants of Latin America (two-thirds of.

OECD Studies on Water Water and Cities Ensuring Sustainable Futures
OECD Studies on Water Water and Cities Ensuring Sustainable Futures

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2015-04-13

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 9264230149

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This report focuses on the urban water management challenges facing cities across OECD countries, and explores both national and local policy responses with respect to water-risk exposure, the state of urban infrastructures and dynamics, and institutional and governance architectures.

Asian Water Development Outlook 2016
Asian Water Development Outlook 2016

Author: Asian Development Bank

Publisher: Asian Development Bank

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 9292575449

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The Asian Water Development Outlook charts progress in water security in Asia and the Pacific over the past 5 years. This 2016 edition of the report uses the latest available data to assess water security in five key dimensions: household access to piped potable water and improved sanitation, economic water security, providing better urban water services to build more livable cities, restoring healthy rivers and ecosystems, and resilience to water disasters. The region shows a positive trend in strengthening water security since the 2013 edition of the report, when 38 out of 49 countries were assessed as water-insecure. In 2016, that number dropped to 29 out of 48 countries. This study was supported by ADB’s Water Financing Partnership Facility.