Mexico City faces growing water crisis

Name: Mexico City faces growing water crisis
Uploaded: 2014-11-11T01:50:19Z
Duration: P451S
Description: Mexico City, home to an inefficient and inconvenient water delivery system, struggles to meet the pressing demands of its 22 million residents. Some residents have turned to harvesting rainwater, which has its own set of limitations. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the barriers that keep residents from clean water.

Clip: 11/10/2014 | 7m 31s

Mexico City, home to an inefficient and inconvenient water delivery system, struggles to meet the pressing demands of its 22 million residents. Some residents have turned to harvesting rainwater, which has its own set of limitations. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports on the barriers that keep residents from clean water.

Aired: 11/10/14

Rating: NR

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