Clara Brugada delivers El Salado collector; will store 400,000 cubic meters of rain

Mexico City's head of government, Clara Brugada Molina, has inaugurated the upgraded "El Salado" regulating basin in Iztapalapa, a project designed to significantly enhance the city's capacity to manage rainwater. The improvements have nearly doubled the basin's storage capacity to 400,000 cubic meters, equivalent to 40,000 water tanker trucks.

The investment for this specific upgrade amounted to 97 million pesos. Brugada explained that the work involved deepening the basin and increasing its overall size. This enhancement is crucial for managing sudden influxes of rainwater, preventing them from overwhelming the drainage system and causing floods, particularly during intense rainfall seasons.

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Instead of millions of liters of water arriving suddenly in the drainage system and overflowing, these works help us manage large volumes of water and protect the population when the intense rains arrive.

This project is part of a broader comprehensive plan to mitigate the effects of heavy rains in the region, which includes a total investment of 427 million pesos. For the Iztapalapa district alone, over 1.5 billion pesos are allocated for drainage system improvements.

Further investments include 122 million pesos to modernize pumping stations, increasing their capacity from 13 to 26 liters per second, allowing for the rapid discharge of large volumes of water. Additionally, 100 million pesos were spent on constructing a new collector, the República Federal, stretching over a kilometer, to improve stormwater drainage and prevent flooding in Santa Martha Norte and Sur. The city is also building eight storm tanks, with a combined capacity of nearly four million liters, expected to be completed within a month.

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Right now it affects mobility on (Avenida) Zaragoza, but these storm tanks, which are like large emergency cisterns that help prevent the drainage system from being overwhelmed by torrential rains, are indispensable.