If we continue consuming water at the current rate, some areas in Mexico could soon run out of this resource.
Baja California Sur and Mexico City are the states with the highest level of water stress in the country, with a score of 5 (the maximum), according to the Aqueduct Waterpolists Risk Atlas ranking.
Water stress, according to this methodology developed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), measures the relationship between the total amount of water consumed (domestic, agricultural, industrial, and energy) and the availability of renewable surface and groundwater in a given area.
The indicator compares how much water users demand against how much water can be naturally replenished each year. When demand approaches or exceeds availability, water stress is considered high. The WRI classifies this level with a score from 0 to 5, where 0 indicates low stress and 5 indicates “extreme” water stress, meaning that more than 80% of the available renewable water is being used.
Source: eleconomista
