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ARTICLE · 04 AUGUST 2026

Water Concessions Regularization Program

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Mexico's National Water Commission has launched a comprehensive regularization program addressing expired water concession titles and administrative backlogs accumulated since 2009. The initiative establishes two distinct pathways for water rights holders to resolve pending matters and achieve legal certainty, with specific eligibility criteria based on water use type and volume thresholds.

MexicoEnergy and Natural Resources
Pablo Méndez Alvídrez
Pablo Méndez Alvídrez
Alejandro Guerra
Alejandro Guerra
Alejandro Salomón
Alejandro Salomón

The Water Authority Implements the First Stage of the Water Concession and Assignment Regularization Program: An Opportunity to Regularize Expired Water Titles and Reduce Administrative Backlogs.

Dear Clients and Friends:

On July 15, 2026, the Mexican Federal Official Gazette (Diario Oficial de la Federación) published the “Administrative Order Establishing Measures for the First Stage of the Regularization of Certain Water Concession and Assignment Titles” (the “Administrative Order”), pursuant to which the National Water Commission (“CONAGUA”) launched the first stage of a regularization program applicable to certain water concession and assignment titles.

The Administrative Order is intended to address various administrative issues identified by CONAGUA during its review and reorganization of existing water concessions, including concession and assignment titles that expired without their holders having timely applied for renewal, renewal applications filed after the statutory

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