In the following months there could be scheduled supply cuts for the Monterrey metropolitan area, due to the low level of the Cerro Prieto dam and an adverse forecast in terms of rain in the short term. Even Agua y Drenaje de Monterrey (AyDM, the state company for the water administration) raised the tone of its awareness campaigns on the care of the resource; but, in the words of Gerardo Garza, general director of the organization, the efforts have been unsuccessful. "The situation is very critical, 15 percent of the water that reaches the city comes from the Cerro Prieto source, and it will stop pumping in 50 - 55 days," he explained. And he added that with the connection works with other water sources, and whose value is 30 million pesos, the life of the dam could be extended another 60 days. However, he explained that if it were not for these extraordinary tasks, as well as a change in the operational policy of water distribution, which implies taking less liquid from thi...
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