Industrial self-supply and the 2,000 wells of Guatemala's valley
- Water for industry
- Industrial water, wells and discharges
- Audited
In practice most industry self-supplies from its own mechanical well and tops up with municipal service (EMPAGUA in the capital), private suppliers (Agua Mariscal) or bulk water. More than 2,000 wells are estimated in the Guatemala valley, of which only about 300 are exploited under controlled conditions by companies or public bodies. There is no national well registry and no metering of extraction, a weakness acknowledged by EMPAGUA/MGCS's own Water Security Strategy (2024). The figures were checked against the PDF in the audit of 2026-08-22.
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Figures
- Pozos estimados en el valle de Guatemala
- >2,000
- Pozos explotados de forma controlada por empresas u organismos públicos
- ~300
Sources
Organizations named in the answer
Related records
- Absence of a general water law and national extraction fee
- Right to drill a well and ownership of the water (Civil Code)
- Procedure to drill an industrial well in the metropolitan area
- Cost and regulation of the municipal well-drilling license
- MARN environmental license costs and categories
- Well-drilling restrictions in the Lake Atitlán basin (AMSCLAE)
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