The Monterrey Metropolitan Water Fund (FAMM)

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Countries:	Mexico
Regions:	Bravo
Organization SDGs: Includes Sustainable Development Goals from the organization and its locations.	Increase Access to Water, Sanitation, Hygiene (SDG 6.1 & 6.2) Water Quality (SDG 6.3) Water Use Efficiency (SDG 6.4) Integrated Water Resource Management (SDG 6.5) Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6) Stakeholder Participation (SDG 6.b)
Organization Tags: Includes tags from the organization and its locations.	Drought Management Conservation Agriculture/Agronomy Groundwater
Services Offered:	Financial support
Org. Type:	Water Fund
Org. Size:	Small (10 - 99 Employees)
Language:	Español
Org. Website:	famm.mx
Org. Source:	User
Profile Completion:	92%
Coalition:	No

Organization Overview

The Monterrey Metropolitan Water Fund (FAMM) was established by a multi-stakeholder consortium in September 2013. The main objective of FAMM is to preserve the watershed of the San Juan River, which supplies more than 60% of the water used and consumed by the Monterrey population. It also seeks to raise awareness about responsible water use and increase the percentage of government funding invested in the watershed. There are four key objectives: helping to mitigate flooding…

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