- cross-posted to:
- geography@mander.xyz
- cross-posted to:
- geography@mander.xyz
- Mexico City could run out of drinking water by June 26, an event locals call “Day Zero.”
- Three years of low rainfall and high temperatures have worsened the city’s water crisis.
- The Cutzamala water system, which provides water to millions, operates now at 28% capacity.
The year is 1325. Some Aztecs see a snake getting eaten by an eagle out on an island of a vast lake. They take this as a sign from the gods that they should build their city here.
2025: this once vast lake is now a metropolis with routine water shortages
The aztecs knew how to manage it properly. It was the dumbass Spaniards that fucked everything up and drained all the water away.