Riviera Maya, Q.R. — The Eighth District Court has again postponed the Aguakan hearing that could see the company’s contract ended. On Thursday, the Court announced Aguakan case File 1323/2023 would be postponed until the morning of February 7, 2025.
This latest postponement came more than a year after Quintana Roo Congress approved Decree 195 to revoke the extension granted to Aguakan to operate the water and sewage service in four municipalities.
The constitutional hearing to resolve the Amparo trial filed in response by Aguakan has not yet taken place. On January 2, the Eighth District Court announced the February postponement.
The decree approved by the Seventeenth Legislature in late 2023 sought to revoke the 30 year concession granted to Aguakan during the government of Roberto Borge. However, the company filed an injunction in defense of its rights which has delayed the final resolution.
Currently, Aguakan continues to operate in the municipalities of Solidaridad, Puerto Morelos, Isla Mujeres and Benito Juárez. The concession granted by the Borge government granted the company permission to operate privately in those four municipalities until 2054.
In November, President Claudia Sheinbaum signed the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability for Mexico between the Government of Mexico and the National Water Commission (Conagua).
The Director General of the Comisión Nacional del Agua (Conagua), Efraín Morales López, says the Agreement is derived from the National Water Plan 2024-2030 and is to “guarantee the human right to water in sufficient quantity and quality, ensure the sustainability of resources and promote proper management of water in all its uses.
Deputy Jorge Arturo Sanen Cervantes, President of the Governing Board and Political Coordination of the state Congress of Quintana Roo, said the new agreement involving the right to water will likely change circumstances for the Aguakan water company.
