Water for everyone, or so they say
The Secretary of Comprehensive Water Management (or as his friends call him, the “Lord of the Jugs”), José Mario Esparza, announced with great fanfare that this week they managed to double the delivery of jugs in the “Agua Bienestar” program. As? Very simple: adding 20 trucks to the fleet. Because, of course, before they had to distribute them by bicycle or on donkey back, I suppose.
The official, while participating in the exciting flag-off of the new units (an event that undoubtedly rivals the launch of a space rocket), promised that they will continue to double the delivery “week after week.” Until when? Until each citizen has their own pool of jugs, I imagine. Or until they run out of budget, whichever comes first.
A success… according to them
“This program has been a complete success,” Esparza declared, without specifying whether he was referring to the success in distributing water or in generating optimistic headlines. Of course, he acknowledged that people in some neighborhoods depend on tanks and cisterns, where the water sometimes has more flavors than a soda drink. But don’t worry, the government is here to save the day… with 19 liter jugs for five pesos. What a bargain! Although, come to think of it, tap water should be free, but that’s another story.
The program, which began in January with three distribution points (yes, three, like the Three Wise Men), now aims to expand as if it were a coffee franchise. Of course, with the same speed with which grass grows in the desert. In March, this medium had already documented that, faced with the shortage of drinking water, residents of the capital were turning to economic options. In other words, people are so desperate that they would even drink from a puddle if they put a “Wellbeing Water” sign on it.
So there you have it: a government that promises to double water jugs like they were loaves and fishes, while citizens continue to wonder when they will have running water worthy of a country that is not from the 19th century. But hey, at least there are more trucks now. That counts as progress, right?
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