Ramos Arizpe water company has 228 investigations into irregularities.

According to the State Audit Office, failures in performance, finances and legality have been detected in the provision of the service.

The company responsible for managing water in Ramos Arizpe is notable for the constant irregularities detected by the State Audit Office (ASE), with 228 investigations into anomalies.

A review of the Public Accounts and follow-up of irregularities reveals a recurrence by the former Ramos Arizpe Water Company (Compara).

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According to data presented by the Audit Office, from 2017 to the present, there have been 228 investigations for irregularities. The year with the highest number of cases was 2018, with 83 procedures for observations during the internal exercise.

The year with the second highest number of cases was 2019, with 56, and in 2022, 43 proceedings were opened to punish mismanagement.

The local audit indicates that the Ramos Arizpe Water Company's failure to report resource use and activity development within the established timeframe included failure to report resource use and activity development within the established timeframe.

Each year, the ASE reviews the public accounts of all organizations that use public resources to determine whether they were used for the public activities to which they are dedicated.

In the case of the Ramos Arizpe Water Company, it has been reported for five years that it is experiencing organizational and resource flow problems.

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The situation is exacerbated by the fact that Ramos Arizpe has an automotive cluster and a large foreign population. All of this has caused problems for the water supply, as the aquifer from which the water is extracted is operating in the red.

An example of this is the Saltillo-Ramos Arizpe aquifer, which, according to the latest report from the National Water Commission (Conagua), is operating with a water deficit of 54 million cubic meters.

This year, the Ramos Arizpe City Council announced a change in the name of the water utility, changing from Compara to EMAS.

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