4 900 Pollution Discharges Identified in the Atoyac–Zahuapan Basin; 95% Are Residential
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The environmental crisis in the Atoyac and Zahuapan river basin faces a critical diagnosis: more than 4,900 discharge points discharge pollutants steadily over 110 kilometers. However, contrary to the common perception, the vast majority of these “focuss” are not industrial, but of domestic and municipal origin. Alejandro Isauro Martínez Orozco, National Commissioner for the Sanitation of the Atoyac River, revealed this during a press conference…
The Mexican government has identified more than 4,900 discharge points along the Atoyac and Zahuapan rivers. Alejandro Isauro Martínez Orozco, the Mexican government's commissioner for the Atoyac River cleanup, reported that more than 4,900 discharge points have been identified along the Atoyac and Zahuapan rivers. He stated that over 95 percent of these are residential and municipal discharges, while the remainder are industrial in origin. He s…
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