EcoCreto - Protecting Mexico's Aquifers

Seema Patel — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 16:56:39 -0500

Managing Organization: EcoCreto

Activity URL:

http://www.ecocreto.com/

Activity Description: Mexico City is built over an ancient lake, yet in recent years has found itself facing a serious water scarcity problem. This is due in part to the city’s drainage system, built to prevent flooding, which directs the area’s water more than 250 miles away into the ocean. The result: Mexico City is sinking and its water tables are running dry. Government officials estimate that more than 95 percent of the city’s water is not returned to the region’s aquifers and in some places the water tables are dropping three feet per year. When Nestor de Buen, and his co-founders discovered EcoCreto in the lab, they thought their product might be the perfect solution for this environmental challenge.

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