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With Tegucigalpa facing acute water shortages, the municipal water authority UMAPS is operating three authorized fill stations for private cisterns at L75–L125 per load (about $3–$5), Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.

JICA and the Tegucigalpa municipal authority will launch a technical cooperation project in January 2027, using Japanese experts to analyze traffic accidents, identify high-risk zones, and recommend infrastructure and prevention measures.

Tegucigalpa's municipal authority implemented a traffic-flow change at the Lomas del Guijarro roundabout on weekday mornings and afternoons to reduce congestion at peak hours and school traffic times.

Tegucigalpa faces a water deficit of roughly 100 million cubic meters, and officials say the planned San José dam, though helpful, will not meet the capital's growing demand; authorities are contracting private wells and studying water transfers from other regions.

Tegucigalpa's water authority reported that aging, broken pipes lose between 40 and 45 percent of the capital's water supply daily, leaving residents with only 90,000 of the 250,000 cubic meters needed, and warned that the two main reservoirs may reach critical levels by August or September without adequate rainfall.

Tegucigalpa's mayor Juan Diego Zelaya declared a red alert as the capital's two main reservoirs dropped to critical levels—Los Laureles at 36% and Concepción at 29%—forcing water rationing to nine-day cycles and threatening food security and health across the region.