Communities along the Río Sonora in Mexico worry a project to dam up part of the watershed would leave them dry.
That’s even as the scope of the government proposal to dam up parts of the Río Sonora watershed has shifted in the year since the project was announced.
The government is now focusing on building just one dam — rather than three — after river towns east of Hermosillo expressed fear that the water they rely on would be taken to the capital city.
“If it happens they’re going to do away with a lot of the communities and the livelihood, the traditions, the economy, the ecosystem,” said Stevan de la Rosa, one of the residents calling for more transparency from the government.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said recently that the dam project wouldn’t be forced on a population that didn’t want it — but that options are limited in securing a water supply for the growing city of Hermosillo as climate change worsens.
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