The Jalisco State Water Commission (CEA) wants the National Water Commision (Conagua) to force upstream dams in the Lerma-Chapala water basin to abide by signed accords and release water flow to Lake Chapala once they have reached their allotted limit.
The Laguna de Yiriria in Guanajuato has exceeded its limit of 188 million cubic meters (m3), but Conagua is allowing it to store up to 220 million m3 to feed downstream users later in the season. Two other upstream dams: Tepetitlan in Mexico State and Tepuxtepec in Michoacan are both at about 80 percent of their limit, but any water they may later send downstream will be captured by the huge Solis Dam in Guanajuato, which is only at 33 percent of its limit.
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