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Jennifer Gonzalez Covarrubias with Marco Morales at Lake Cuitzeo

'It Was An Oasis': Mexico City Frets About Water

Cattle roam an area once covered by the waters of Lake Cutizeo in western Mexico (Credit: AFP)

Agustin Garcia looks with dismay at the dry bed of the lake where he once fished for a living -- a symptom of the water problems facing Mexico and its capital, one of the world's biggest cities.

"It was an oasis here, something beautiful, and now it's dry," the 55-year-old said by the sunbaked shore of Lake Zumpango to the north of Mexico City.

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