Cahill also said that the Durango state is currently going through a drought and that Mexican federal governmental authority on water rights, CONAGUA is not handing out any permits in order to conserve the water table in the area.

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This agreement will allow Conagua to be the host institution in Mexico of the ??Water and Education for the Americas and the Caribbean? programme, in order to carry out formal and non-formal education activities, such as workshops, education material development, dissemination events.

UNESCO: Activities 2008

In the framework of the Water World Week celebrated in Stockholm, Sweden, on 16th August, 2008 the National Water Commission (CONAGUA), together with the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the WET International Project (Water Education for Teachers) signed an agreement, aimed at fostering high-quality water education, particularly for formal and non-formal educators in Mexico.

UNESCO: Activities 2008