Mexico City has experiencing years of low rainfall, leaving it often unable to supply its citizens with water.
The city, originally built on lakes and wetlands, is now covered in concrete and asphalt. Another factor is that Mexico City loses about 40% of its water through leaks.
The shortages have sent the price of water shooting up. One resident told ABC News that he now spends about 25% of his income on buying water. And in 2024 water was rationed in 284 of the city’s neighbourhoods.