Mexico and IWMI partner to improve water security with AI
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In Mexico City, the Comisión Nacional del Agua (CONAGUA) and the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) formalised an agreement to strengthen the country’s water security.
The agreement builds on the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability and involves a project supported by Google.org. CONAGUA and IWMI will work together on initiatives aligned with Mexico’s National Water Program 2026-2030 and presidential priorities.
The project focuses on improving data analysis of water quality and providing strategic information for sanitation and restoration of the Lerma-Santiago basin. It uses advanced tools like artificial intelligence, satellite data, and analytical models to create dashboards for planning and decision-making. Specifically, the project automated quality control checks for data from 5,000 water monitoring sites, covering approximately 7 million records from 2012 to 2024.
The collaboration also includes near-real-time satellite monitoring of water quality in the Valle de Bravo and Valsequillo reservoirs, tracking nine parameters. Researchers mapped over 60,000 industrial facilities to estimate water demand at the municipal level and evaluated over 3,000 river sections in the Lerma-Santiago basin using climate models. CONAGUA expects to complete the delivery of these tools by December, with the possibility of replicating or expanding them to improve water management across Mexico.
