Grupo Carso Ciudad Jardín Bicentenario: An area which was formerly a 10 million ton wasteland adjacent to the Xochiaca border will be transformed into a social and economic asset enabling further urban development of the City of Nezahualcóyotl (“Neza”). The USD 160 million project will house 67.5 ha of sport facilities, create more than 5,000 jobs, generate 3,000 kw of electricity, 5 million liters of recycled water, and self-finance maintenance through the sale of methane gas produced by the waste disposal.

Grupo Carso Chimalhuacán: Tlatel Xochintenco has become a hub for a number of public services in Chimalhuacán. It is also home to the Tlatel municipal garbage dump. The families who literally live here are a highly evocative illustration of the social impact of these conditions. – Chimalhuacán low income housing development has become part of the national urban and social policy inMexico. These developments are considered an approach to obtaining a modern lifestyle. However developers are creating huge neighborhoods with a low quality of life. – The municipality of Chimalhuacán has a population of 500,000 with most people living in informal settlements. The urban layout of many new areas is defined by various political forces, which run a business based on taking pieces of land and selling them to local residents by means of informal exchange.

Lago Nabor Carrillo is a lake regeneration project within the former Texcoco Lake designed in 1965. Operational only since 1982, the project provides flood control and municipal water while also mitigating erosion and enabling sediment recovery for the area’s developing cattle farming, floriculture and aquaculture industries.