Eduardo Molina (engineer)

Eduardo Molina (August 22, 1892 - April 30, 1980) was a Mexican engineer. Bibliographic data

He completed his studies in the Faculty of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

In 1935, he served as water director for Mexico City.

In 1956, Mexico City had only 2 million inhabitants benefiting from a total of 320 liters of water per day per person, which was considered a poor system (the standard in large metropolises in other parts of the world exceeded the 400 liters per person). The engineer Eduardo Molina was named director of the works of introduction of the waters of the River Lerma to the City of Mexico, in order to avoid that a drought similar to the one of 1922 was repeated, in which the water exhausted almost totally during more than three weeks.

Eduardo Molina died on April 30, 1980. In memory of his contributions, a Metro station D.F. bears his name.

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