Mexico faces water crisis as demand spirals - 30 Nov 2008

Mexico's capital has been one of the world's largest and driest cities. Mexico City is also home to more than 20 million people who require clean drinking water, many of which can't find it.

Al Jazeera's Franc Contreras reports from the capital where a biologist manage the water crisis through environmental friendly means.

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[neohubris]

they're destroying their own environment

idiots

[00Avenger17]

what does he mean "teetering" it is already in poverty xD

[johnnysouthbound]

Mexicans and spaniards are fucking retards ....

[internationalwonder]

Are you guys stupid the government only made those sewers so they can recycle the water from rain its a third world country it cant afford anything else.

[bisexualbuffthug]

If mexico can afford to make sewers then they should be able to afford clean water technology! NO EXCUSE MANNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!

[Triesfries]

Mexico City alone has 20 mio inhabitants. The government simply does not have the money to put up thousands and thousands of purification plants. The point is: Nature can do the work if man finds a way to protect it. Dont make it more complicated than it is.

[peak199]

If they would just stop pissing in the drinking water,everything would be fine!

[bisexualbuffthug]

I am getting so sick of seeing this kind of situation happening all over the world. The reason why it is happening is because of rich greedy people that want to own and charge people money for something god gave to man for free in the first place! Polution is another thing that helped to add to this situation. Regardless mexico's government should step up to the plate and add more purification plants in mexico and help them poor people! Thats not right!

[12GaugeLosAngeles]

al-jazeera in mexico, the revolution has begun!!!1

[DiosHorus]

Thanks for the video! Very useful for geography students!