in this context mexico s challenge is to use the growing water reform momentum to create inclusive integrated and coherent water policy moving forward under a businessasusual scenario is not an option addressing this means in part improving the quality of rivers lakes and aquifers in mexico this task has been a major challenge throughout the country because surface and groundwater quality is threatened by pollution loads from point and diffuse sources and insufficient attention to wastewater discharges currently of the population has access to drinking water services and has sanitation coverage in alone hurricanes affected municipalities in coahuila nuevo leon and tamaulipas municipalities in the states of campeche puebla veracruz and in the states of chiapas and oaxaca