One month after its start, 268 rainwater harvesting systems have been installed out of the 600 that make up the pilot of the Nido de Lluvia Program.
The program will serve 600 families in this first stage, who have suffered intermittences in the supply of water due to intense droughts.
Faced with the effects of climate change that are beginning to be reflected with the intense drought that this year has impacted the entire country, leaving thousands of people without domestic water, the Government of Jalisco began to implement a water supply and use model that is committed to a healthy relationship with the cycles and natural availability of water. To do this, Nido de Lluvia started, the first action that contributes to the paradigm shift on water management in Jalisco and the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area, with the installation of rainwater training systems.
The Nido de Lluvia program seeks to implement a water supply and use model under three principles such as rationalization, long-term sustainability, and a new culture of water management. It starts as a pilot program whose objective is the delivery and installation of a rainwater harvesting system for 600 homes.
The system consists of connecting the roof of the house to channel rainwater to storage and, through a series of components, cleaning the water to obtain a very good quality supply source. With this water you can carry out domestic activities such as washing clothes, dishes, bathing and any other household need.
The program arises as a response to the generalized water crisis, but it focuses on those colonies with high degrees of marginalization that have been affected by the drought of the Calderón dam. These neighborhoods are settlements that have historically had deficiencies in urban infrastructure and that, now, will benefit from sustainable and resilient systems.
The progress of the Nido de Lluvia pilot program is almost 50% complete with 268 rainwater harvesting systems installed in the Mesa Colorada Poniente, Oriente, Villas de Guadalupe and Mesa de los Ocotes neighborhoods, and in zones of high water vulnerability.