Water as a Right: Sheinbaum Reports Recovery of 5 Billion Cubic Meters.
This article by Fernanda Monroy originally appeared in the September 1, 2026 edition of Contralínea, a leading Mexican investigative journalism magazine.
More than 5 billion cubic meters of water have been recovered from private concessions following the reform to the National Water Law—an amount sufficient, according to President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, to supply more than 90 million people for a year.