US EditionSenators Generally Endorse Water Law
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The law was passed in the face of the rejection of the opposition, which characterized as dispossession of the producers agr tails.
The law was passed in the face of the rejection of the opposition, which characterized as dispossession of the producers agr tails.
José Luis Parra In Mexico, water is no longer for those who pay it, but for those who need it. Thus, without hesitation, the new General Water Law and the changes to the National Waters Law come to settle accounts with a model that for years allowed certain industrial giants —refreshers and brewers among the most thirsty — to make and undo as if the rivers were their own and aquifers an extension of their plants. They do not expel them from the …
In fast track, with a waiver of procedures, with 85 in favor and 36 against, the ruling majority in the Senate generally approved the new General Waters Act, whose objective is to regulate the exercise of the human right to liquid, to resume and strengthen the governing of the State in the domain and administration of national waters. Among the accusations of those who have more water concessions, senators from Morena, PAN and PRI were confronte…
Reading time approx.: 3 minutes, 26 secondsThe Senate of the Republic approved on December 4, 2025, with 85 votes in favour and 36 against, the draft decree sent by the Chamber of Deputies issuing the General Water Act and amending the National Waters Act, derived from an initiative of the head of the Federal Executive that seeks to regulate the human right to water and prioritize its human and domestic consumption against other concessions. Acc…
Senate approves the Water Law with 85 votes in favour and strong opposition criticisms for possible political control. Reform eliminates the transmission of concessions and grants Conagua greater power to reallocate the use of water. PAN, PRI and MC warn discretion and risks for producers; Morena rejects remarks. Vote and central content of the reform The Senate of the Republic generally approved the new General Water Law and amendments to the N…
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