· The “Health, Wellbeing and Regenerated Waters for Lerma” Forum links social projects to the Water and Environment Sector Plan.
· They agree on the need to rethink water regeneration through wetlands.
LERMAState of Mexico.- Given the water context that the State of Mexico is experiencing, citizens, civil organizations, universities and the state government join forces and with the Development Plan of the State of Mexico 2023-2029 as the guiding axis, cover the needs of the State of Mexico. Mexican population on environmental and water issues.
“The Development Plan will include joint participation, through transversal dialogue of various agencies and citizens, so that new generations can inherit a basin of the Toluca Valley and Mexico that has not collapsed,” said the Secretary of Water, Pedro Moctezuma Barragán, during his intervention at the Forum “Health, Wellbeing and Regenerated Waters for Lerma towards the Sector Plan 2023-2029”.
It should be noted that, for the first time, a sectoral plan will be developed that encourages the search for concrete solutions to environmental and water issues, which will be led by the Water Secretariat and its peers from the Environment, Health, Urban Development and Infrastructure and Education, Science, Technology and Innovation.
The lack of water, the pollution of rivers, as well as the overexploitation of aquifers has meant that the vital liquid does not reach all citizens, which is why a group of citizen experts, farmers and agencies of the Government of the State of Mexico addressed these topics in work tables.
Among the coincidences, the need to preserve the natural resources and water sources that still exist in the entity was mentioned.
In her speech, the Secretary of Health, Macarena Montoya Olvera, highlighted the importance of carrying out coordinated work between the various levels of government, organizations and civil society to propose public policies in the short, medium and long term, since physical and mental well-being of the Mexicans, is not only limited to self-care, it is also vitally important to have an environmental environment that allows the optimal development of the community.
He explained that the epidemiological trend and the transmission of diseases in the population has to do with the environmental environment and water pollution, therefore, it is imperative that Mexicans live in a healthier environment.
In the Forum, participants shared their concerns about wastewater treatment, the problems that residents and farmers face every day, as well as alternatives that allow the conservation of wetlands and other water sources.
