Mexico’s Water Wars: City on the Brink | Part 2 | SLICE EARTH

Video Description

Mexico City stands on a startling water divide: vast aqueducts channel life from distant springs even as the city’s ground sinks and its groundwater vanishes. In this excerpt, engineers unveil a century of mega-projects—from the Lerma tunnels to the Cutzamala network—while the Masaya community stages dam-side protests to reclaim ancestral lands. Here, water is more than infrastructure; it’s power, identity and survival. Through maps, interviews and on-the-ground scenes, we witness an urgent battle for balance: between flood control and scarcity, between towering feats of engineering and the voices demanding their share. Documentary: Agaisnt The Flow Director: Vassili Silovic Production: Point du Jour (2009) #documentary #freedocumentary #slicedocumentary #documentaries #ecology #earth #environment #sustainability #climatechange #waterwars #mexico #mexicocity #hydroengineering #aqueducts #waterjustice #scarcity #subsidence #infrastructure #urbanwater #megacities #masaya #rights #floodcontrol #thirst