MUNICIPALITY WITH LIFE
QUALITY AND FUTURE
Municipal Public Services
To improve the quality of life of the inhabitants, utilities must be efficient, easily accessible, with wide coverage and timely response to all social needs.
The Ministry of Municipal Public Services offers services directly and efficiently to the citizens of the municipality of Querétaro, resolving diverse social needs in accordance with the work of the different departments and coordinations that comprise it. The services provided are:
- • Street lighting
- • Streets, parks, landscaping and its infrastructure
- • Cleaning
- • Markets and supply centers
- • Operation of cemeteries
- • Slaughterhouses
CLEANING AND MAINTENANCE
These are processes that, together with the cleaning up of roads and public spaces, require consistency and continuity. These are conservation and prevention services necessary for cities that aspire to a healthy habitat and competitive insertion in an increasingly globalized regional market.
SOLID WASTE ENTERING THE MOMPANÍ SANITARY LANDFILL (TONS)
STREET LIGHTING AND GREEN AREAS
The Municipal Government is responsible for the compliance and control of public lighting; energy supply is the job of the companies. The objective is to illuminate streets, parks, monuments and public buildings, among other spaces of general circulation that are not under the responsibility of any individual.
The lighting of streets and avenues in the municipality of Querétaro during 2021 was achieved with 80,300 lamps installed, an amount that increased 15.2% with respect to 2020. Lighting reached 5,806 main roads in the city and 28 fountains in the municipality. Complete information in the following table:
The municipality has a total surface area of green areas of 8,187,360.1 m², during 2021, 64.2% of the total was maintained, including forestation, reforestation and pruning of trees and plants.
MAINTENANCE OF GREEN AREAS, 2021.
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Municipal Public Services, 2022.
Rehabilitation actions were carried out in 111,328.5m2 of green areas in 6 municipal districts. Santa Rosa Jáuregui stood out with 46.1% of the works, followed by Josefa Vergara y Hernández with 19.5%, while 34.4% corresponded to the rest of the districts:
Irrigation was carried out with 99.0% treated water. During 2021, 271,080,000 liters were tapped and distributed by municipal irrigation units (water tank trucks) in more than 27 thousand trips.
TREATED WATER FOR IRRIGATION IN THE MUNICIPALITY, 2020 AND 2021.
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Municipal Public Services, 2022.
MUNICIPAL MARKETS
In the municipality of Querétaro there are 8 markets operating in the Centro Histórico, Félix Osores Sotomayor and Josefa Vergara y Hernández districts. A total of 2,214 premises receive ongoing maintenance.
ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT
In the municipality of Querétaro there are 3 public institutions in charge of animal care, control and attention:
- • Animal Control Unit (UCAM)
- • Municipal Animal Protection Unit (UPAM)
- • Querétaro Municipal Animal Care Unit (UMAANQ)
MUNICIPAL SLAUGHTERHOUSE
The slaughterhouse in the municipality of Querétaro is the only place authorized to slaughter livestock, which makes it possible to quantify the supply of meat for the population. It has the Federal Inspection Type (TIF) 412 category and during 2021 recorded the following volume of action:
SLAUGHTER OF CATTLE HEAD IN THE MUNICIPALITY, 2020 AND 2021.
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Municipal Public Services, 2022.
Enviromental management
According to the most recent data from the Situation of the Environment in Mexico 2018, from the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (SEMARNAT), Mexico has one of the greatest natural wealth. It concentrates more than 10.0% of the world's known biodiversity and is one of the 15 countries cataloged as mega-diverse that together amount for between 60.0% and 70.0% of global biodiversity.
The social economic development of the country and the impact of productive activities have caused significant deterioration in the environment, depletion of resources, health effects and loss of productivity in the fields. For this reason, there are institutions that support and contribute to environmental care and management.
PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS (ANP)
They are the reserve zones over which the nation exercises sovereignty and jurisdiction, where the original environments have not been significantly altered by human activity or where their ecosystems and integral functions need to be preserved and restored. They are subject to the regime provided in the applicable ordinances in the laws on environmental matters.
The municipality of Querétaro has 10 ANP distributed in the different districts, the detail can be seen in the following table:
RESPIRA QUERETARO
The Municipality of Querétaro, through the Ministry for Sustainable Development (SEDESO), carried out the "Program Respira Querétaro", whose objective is to generate alliances with different public and private agencies, business sectors, civil societies and citizens in general, to achieve a green city that provides environmental services and quality of life to its inhabitants.
In 2021, through the "Environmental Education Services Program", lectures were held for elementary students with the goal of promoting a culture of protection and improvement of the environment by changing and reinforcing habits, attitudes and values.
The personnel that works in the Municipality of Querétaro participated in the “Recycle your tires” and “Special Handling Waste Recycling” sessions, actions carried out in partnership with the Ministry of Municipal Public Services.
In collaboration with the Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, reforestation and tree donations were carried out, as described in the following table:
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Sustainable Development, 2021.
During the same year, with the objective of raising public awareness about the prevention and control of pollution in rural areas, 66 environmental protection inspections were carried out and 55 licenses were granted by the Institute of Ecology and Climate Change.
In 2021, 115 complaints were received for affected resources, mainly water, air and soil, with 82.6% of them having been resolved. The air was the element most affected and reported by citizens, the complete information is shown below:
ECOLOGICAL PLANNING
The Ecological Planning Model carries out technical studies and analyzes natural conditions in the state, dividing the 18 municipalities into Environmental Management Units (UGA), focused on territorial planning and natural resource management. The municipality of Querétaro has 113 UGA distributed in the 7 districts, each of them with a different classification:
TRUST FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT OF QUERÉTARO (FIQMA)
It is a local entity with legal personality and its own assets. Its objective is to safeguard and preserve the natural capital of the municipality of Querétaro, guaranteeing its permanence, sustainability and development, for the benefit of the environment and the quality of life of the people of Querétaro. FIQMA carries out joint actions with citizens to preserve the environment and optimize the use and planning of natural resources in the municipality of Querétaro. In 2021, it carried out the following restorations:
ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
The Municipality of Querétaro, through the Ministry of Sustainable Development and the Institute of Ecology and Climate Change, implemented actions to preserve natural resources and spread environmental education. In 2021, the instance continued with the following actions:
1. Environmental Education Services: Family values of the citizens of Querétaro, the culture of protection and improvement of the environment, and the change of habits and attitudes, are promoted and reinforced through lectures for elementary school students.
2. Green Action Environmental Magazine: Broadcasts activities and information related to the environmental issues and status of the municipality through the website www.municipiodequeretaro.gob.mx.
MUNICIPAL ANIMAL CONTROL UNIT
It is the body in charge of promoting the dignified and respectful treatment of animals and contributing legally and peacefully to their defense and well-being. It carries out specific activities such as:
- • Adoption of cats and dogs
- • Safeguarding and protection of animals
- • Attention to complaints of abuse and protection of animals
- • Deworming
- • Low-cost spaying and neutering for cats and dogs
- • Free spaying and neutering day campaigns for dogs and cats
- • Observation of aggressive pets
- • Prohibition of commercialization of pets on public roads
- • Free rabies vaccination
- • Multiple vaccination (puppy, parvovirus + corona, triple, fivefold and sixfold)
- • Pet adoption campaigns
In 2021, through the Directorate of Animal Protection, Care and Control, the Ministry of Municipal Public Services applied 11,937 free anti-rabies vaccines, carried out 2,700 spays and neuters, 203 deworming and gave 47 pets in adoption.
The Municipal Animal Protection Unit (UPAM) receives and deals with complaints of animal abuse and rescue, the figures in this regard during 2021 were as follows:
MUNICIPAL ANIMAL PROTECTION UNIT, 2020 AND 2021.
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Municipal Public Services, 2022.
ENVIRONMENTAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The Ministry of Municipal Public Services is in charge of the management and transfer of solid waste generated in the demarcation. During 2021, it moved 362,850 tons of waste to the landfill, a figure that represented a decrease of 7.2% compared to 2020.
SOLID WASTE ENTERING THE MOMPANÍ LANDFILL, 2020 AND 2021.
Source: Municipality of Querétaro. Ministry of Municipal Public Services, 2022.
The following table shows the data referring to the treatment plants installed in the municipality of Querétaro. The information responds to data from the National Water Commission (CONAGUA) during 2021:
