As Lake Chapala shows signs of a troubling decline, newly appointed general director of the National Water Commission (Conagua) David Korenfeld Federman, and Elias Chedid Abraham, his chief for the Lerma-Santiago-Pacífico region, may be forced to show their professional mettle. Both men boast strong academic backgrounds and administrative experience in water issues.
Despite a recent spate of rain and cloudy weather that tends to slow down the normal winter-spring evaporation rate, Conagua reports that the lake has lost 47 centimeters of its water level since mid-September, almost equal to the 49-centimeter gain registered during last year’s rainy season.
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