Water in Mexico is considered a national asset. Water administration corresponds to the President of Mexico, who delegates it to the National Water Commission. The National Water Commission (CONAGUA) is an administrative, normative, technical, consultative and decentralized agency of the Ministry of the Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT). CONAGUA’s tasks:

  a)  Administration of the National Waters

  b)  Management and control of the hydrologic system

 c)  Promotion of social development

To manage and preserve national waters and their inherent goods in order to achieve sustainable use, with joint responsibility of the three tiers of government (federal, state, and municipal) and society as a whole.

To be an authority in technical terms and also to promote the participation of society and the three tiers of government in the integrated management of water resources and their inherent public goods.

We wish to be a nation that has sufficient water in both quantity and quality, acknowledges its strategic value, utilizes it efficiently, and protects its water bodies, so as to guarantee sustainable development and preserve the environment.