The metropolis of nearly 22 million people is facing a severe water crisis as a tangle of problems — including geography and leaks — are compounded by climate change.
Far more colonialism than climate change. The original Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, where the Spanish built their own capital of Mexico City, was built on both natural and artificial lake islands. The Spanish razed the city, drained the lake and built their capital on the lake bed. So Mexico City now has to get its water from an aquifer, which is not sufficient, and it’s sinking into the lake bed.
Far more colonialism than climate change. The original Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan, where the Spanish built their own capital of Mexico City, was built on both natural and artificial lake islands. The Spanish razed the city, drained the lake and built their capital on the lake bed. So Mexico City now has to get its water from an aquifer, which is not sufficient, and it’s sinking into the lake bed.