Tijuana is among the most water-stressed cities reliant on the Colorado River. Many of its 2 million inhabitants already endure frequent water cuts, pay for expensive water delivered by trucks, and live uncertain about when their taps will run dry.
TIJUANA, Mexico — Luis Ramirez leapt onto the roof of his bright blue water truck to fill the plastic tank that by day’s end would empty into an assortment of buckets, barrels and cisterns in 100 homes.
José Lujano, a resident of the Rancho el Chicote neighborhood who stores water tankers and barrels in his home, has a dog attached to one, in Tijuana, Mexico, Friday, May 12, 2023. Many residents and pets rely on water delivered by tankers for daily use. –Jose Manuel Perez Reyes uncoils a hose as he delivers water to auto mechanic shop from his water truck Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Tijuana, Mexico.
“It is the biggest problem we have,” said Hernandez, who has lived in Rancho el Chicote for 20 years, about the lack of running water. Hernandez, his wife and two daughters use about 1,585 gallons of trucked-in water per month, he said, which costs about 2,000 pesos or $116. The average U.S. family uses more than five times as much water each month, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, yet pays less, despite Mexico’s much lower wages.
That’s what happened in April, when upwards of 600 neighborhoods — more than half of the whole city — went without water while the state water utility known as CESPT in Spanish, repaired leaks in a primary main. Even for the 700,000 users, according to CESPT, that are connected to city water, faucets often go dry, forcing them, too, to pay for trucked-in private water.
A man delivers bottled water to residences in the Santa Fe section of Tijuana where water shutoffs are common, on Friday, May 12, 2023. More than 90% of Tijuana’s water comes from the Colorado River, traveling west across Baja California and over a 4,000-foot mountain pass through a single aqueduct that itself is often under repair. Over the past two years, Mexico’s share of Colorado River water was slashed by 7%, and while those cuts have yet to affect Tijuana, hydrologists and policy experts emphasize that the city and state of Baja California need to secure other water sources — soon.
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