Aqueduct From El Colomo to Punta de Mita Still Awaits Approval as Water Supply Weighs on the Bay Coast

Nayarit Governor Miguel Ángel Navarro Quintero says he is still working with President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo and the National Water Commission (Conagua) to make an aqueduct a reality that would carry water from El Colomo to Punta de Mita. The project, with an estimated investment of 2 billion pesos, remains pending, according to Vallarta Hoy on October 29.

The plan calls for 76 kilometers of pipeline networks meant to secure the drinking water supply for the next 25 years. Water would be sent north through the municipality, running parallel to Federal Highway 200, with a pumping system able to lift it as high as 120 meters and move an estimated flow of up to 1,000 liters per second.

The underlying issue is supply. Tribuna de la Bahía notes that coastal communities in Bahía de Banderas still struggle with water service, including tandeos, meaning water delivered only on certain days, and trucked water, known as pipas, to meet demand. The same outlet lists the aqueduct among the infrastructure projects still pending after the Amado Nervo bridge went into service on October 28.

On timing, Vallarta Hoy reports that the governor has been reporting on these efforts since 2025 and that in April 2026 he said he expected Conagua approval toward the end of this year, with a view to formalizing construction in 2027. With about two months left in 2026, what has been published does not confirm that approval has arrived or set a firm construction date.

For anyone buying, selling or renting on the northern coast of the Bay, the practical reading is simple. The aqueduct is an ongoing negotiation, not an authorized project, so it makes little sense to value a property as if the water problem were already solved. That is our own editorial reading, not a finding from the sources. Before closing a deal, it is worth asking where the property or development gets its water, how large its cistern is, whether there have been tandeos, how much is spent on pipas, and how that cost is shared through HOA fees.

For sellers, having water supply documented, with contracts, storage capacity and consumption records, helps answer a question that well-informed buyers already ask. If Conagua approves the project and construction is formalized, it will be news with direct effects on the Punta de Mita area and on the communities along the planned route. Until then, water remains a variable that each buyer should check property by property.