Draining the basin that’s Mexico City – The metropolis, situated in a giant natural bowl, suffers flooding and backup with every rainy season. A $1.3-billion government effort aims to clear the problems. From: latimes.com
Tagged: Mexico, mexico cityPosted on: April 28th, 2008
The enormous expanse of concrete and asphalt known as Mexico City was once a lake. And each year, starting about this time, it seems hell-bent on becoming one again.
The rainy season, which begins in earnest soon, offers an annual reminder to the 20 million residents of the metropolitan area that they inhabit a big tub with no natural drain.
Flooding is common, swamping highways and sidewalks. In low-lying neighborhoods, residents are so accustomed to seeing a fetid sea of sewage rise in the streets that they have built miniature dikes in front of their homes.”*
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