Lake Chapala suffers its first major imbalance so far this year. Although during the last weeks of 2024 he had managed to maintain a stable level, and everything indicated that the “cabañuelas” would help him recover the tenths he lost during the holidays, the truth is that the result was the opposite. The body of water, considered one of the largest and most important in Mexico, and which started 2025 on the right foot This Friday, January 17, seems to show that not even the brief rains of recent days helped prevent its level from dropping.
Let us remember that in 2024 Lake Chapala, which is the main source of water supply for the Guadalajara Metropolitan Area (ZMG/ AMG), managed to maintain its level above 60 percent of its capacity, apparently benefiting from the good rainy season of the year and the two mega water cuts carried out during the second and third weekend of last November 2024.
According to the CEA Jalisco, this is the level of Lake Chapala today, Friday, January 17, 2025. EL INFORMADOR / ARCHIVE / SPECIAL / CANVA
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What is the level of Lake Chapala today, Friday, January 17, 2025?
The last and past rainy season in the state of Jalisco have allowed the largest body of water in the region, the Lake Chapala, and also one of the most important of Mexicoproject a positive increase in its water level, which has managed to maintain itself in recent weeks despite the fact that the rainy season has already ended since last October 2024.
In the same way, according to the last cut made by the Jalisco State Water Commission (CEA Jalisco) and with him National Water Information System (Conagua), As of today, Friday, January 17, 2025, the level of Lake Chapala is exceeding no more and no less than 59.49 percent of its capacity. Let’s remember that the last update we shared on THE INFORMER It was from last January 10, when it exceeded 61.01 percent.
It is worth mentioning that, according to the comparison presented by the CEA Jaliscohe Lake Chapala It registered a level of 48.02 percent on January 16, 2024, which reflects a better state in 2025 with the difference of a couple of days. Nevertheless, It is a few units below what was recorded in 2023 when it reached 65.69 percent of its capacity.
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