Mexico Plans Chapala Water Pipeline Project

Mexico is planning to build a potable water pipeline near Lake Chapala to serve Jalisco state capital Guadalajara with an investment of $162m.

Under the plan, a 42km pipeline will be built along the existing Guadalajara-Chapala pipeline and is expected to supply 60m³ a year of water.

Construction of the new pipeline will begin in 2011 and will operate alongside the existing pipeline, which currently supplies 180m³ a year of water, according to waterworld.com.

Mexico is also building a Mex$2.19bn ($178m) reservoir in El Zapotillo to provide potable water to 14 municipalities over the next 30 years.