Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on March 12, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.

Mexico City’s residents are approaching a “day zero” where the government will no longer be able to provide them water. A city that was once built on water is now nearly dried up. How did this happen and what is being done to fix it? 

In this episode:

• Alejandra Cuellar (@ale_cuellar), Environmental Reporter, Dialogo Chino
• Addi Palacios, Indigenous Activist

Episode credits:

This episode was updated by Tamara Khandaker. The original production team was Chloe K. Li, Negin Owliaei, Ashish Malhotra, and our host Malika Bilal. 

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our engagement producers are Adam Abou-Gad and Vienna Maglio. Aya Elmileik is lead of audience engagement. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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