Mexico Plans Reservoir Construction

Mexico is to award a $93m tender to build the Los Panales reservoir in the state of Jalisco in November this year.

The project includes building a 79m-high dam wall and reservoir to store 82 million cubic metres of water.

The reservoir, which will be located at the Tecolotan River, 43km from the town of El Tuito, will irrigate 7,000ha of land.

Construction of the project is to start on January 2010 and is scheduled for completion in November 2013, according to bnamericas.com.

Mexican national water authority Conagua, which floated the tender, has received 21 bids for the reservoir.