Mexico City’s women water harvesters help make up for drought

FILE - Abigail Lopez, a member of cooperative Pixcatl, removes a filter from a water collector system at a community garden in Mexico City, July 14, 2024. FILE - Abigail Lopez, a member of cooperative Pixcatl, cleans a filter from a water collector system at a community garden in Mexico City, July 14, 2024.

Gliding above her neighborhood in a cable car on a recent morning, Sonia Estefanía Palacios Díaz scanned a sea of blue and black water tanks, tubes and cables looking for rain harvesting systems.