Failures in the service of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) caused a crisis in the supply of drinking water in Chihuahua, especially in the capital, where 81 colonies were left without supply.
The two largest population centers in the State, Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua, They registered problems in the electric energy service, so the competitive advantages to attract nearshoring are detrimental with these failures of the parastatal.
The president of the Central Water and Sanitation Board, Mario Mata Carrascoreported that the blackouts caused damage to a battery of 34 wells in the state capital that supply more than 43 thousand cubic meters of water to the inhabitants of 81 neighborhoods.
In addition to this capital, serious problems were registered in Ciudad Juárez, Jiménez, Casas Grandes, Aldama, Camargo and Aquiles Serdán, reported Mata Carrasco who pointed out that electrical energy is the largest expense within the water supply system, due to what they will “turn” to migrate to renewable energies.
With this, he said, it is intended mitigate negative impacts due to the recurring blackouts in the supply of the Federal Electricity Commission due to its inability to maintain the continuous transmission of energy.
In the State, there are 1,400 sources of supply, of which 97 percent are wells operated with electricity, so they will be investing a bag of 120 million pesos in solar panelshe pointed out.
Mario Mata questioned that the parastatal is not investing in the maintenance of the system or in the generation of electrical energy, and even worse, it intends a regression to dirty energies based on fuel oil that would slow down clean energies such as wind and solar.
Currently, the supply of drinking water to Chihuahuans depends largely on the energy supplied by the CFE, but unfortunately the current federal administration abandoned Mexicans regarding the energy issue, he noted.
The head of the Central Water and Sanitation Board warned that the advantage of nearshoring that the state of Chihuahua has will be lost if the problem cannot be resolved as quickly as possible. electric power crisis and guarantee the supply of light.
Alán Jesús Falomir Sáenz, head of the Municipal Water and Sanitation Board of Chihuahua, reported that a total of 34 drinking water wells were left without power during the blackouts on Tuesday afternoon, so he did not rule out that as temperatures increase In the months of June, July and August the situation worsens due to the high demand for electrical energy.
He recalled that during 2023, the main power failures were recorded during the months of June and July, that is, the high heat season, However, so far this year there have been more failures, which means 600 percent more problems due to this situation.
Since Tuesday afternoon, the electrical system in the country began its operation in an emergency phase due to the demand for electrical energy and therefore blackouts and voltage variations began, in Chihuahua failures were recorded in several municipalities, among which Chihuahua capital, Juárez, Jiménez, Casas Grandes, Aldama, Camargo and Aquiles Serdán stand out, he concluded.
