Norma Alicia Valdez conserves water to care for her home in the center of Cuatro Ciénegas. The town struggles with water shortages related to water extraction for large-scale farming nearby. The Valdez family once farmed 20 hectares (49 acres) of alfalfa. After industrial-scale farms large moved in near Ocampo, Valdez said her family no longer could find sufficient water. They now farm five hectares (12 acres).