$300 million wastewater overhaul for polluted Mexican river basin

Preferential electricity rates could prove pivotal in attracting private sector investment in Lerma-Chapala’s wastewater infrastructure.

Mexico is considering a $300 million wastewater treatment overhaul in five of its central states this year, as part of an ongoing drive to clean up two of the country’s biggest rivers, according to national water commission Conagua.

The commission aims to build or rehabilitate 37 water treatment plants in the Lerma-Chapala river basin, which covers the states of ...

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