Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which killed dozens of others and thousands of people are infected, the drinking water crisis is worsening in the city of Santiago, Moca and other nearby cities, worrying doctors and their colonists.
Added to this problem are the power cuts in different sectors of the city of Santiago, while the Northern Energy Distribution Company (Edenorte) attributes them to breakdowns in various circuits.
Regarding water, users of the service estimate that now more than ever they need the liquid in their homes to maintain personal hygiene and their environment, as established by the health protocol for the new coronavirus.
Technicians from the Santiago Aqueduct and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan) told the DAILY LISTING that there is a decrease of 30 million gallons of water daily, due to the heat and the Covid-19 pandemic.
But the water distribution institution says that it maintains the service vectorizing program in the different neighborhoods, urbanizations, residential and communities. In some popular neighborhoods, their neighbors reported that they do not receive water service for up to a week. Community leader Andrea Adames stated that in the Beijing sector and others in the southern zone, the water lasts up to seven days that does not arrive through the pipes.
He explained that when they send it, it’s early in the morning and for an hour and other people have to rush to buy it in containers.
He complained that there is a water shortage in the midst of a pandemic that is receding in Santiago. “People have to bathe, wash their hands, wash clothes, but there’s no water,” he complained.
In the face of a severe liquid supply crisis, many tanker trucks sell between 30 and 50 gallons. neighborhoods and communities by 80 and one hundred pesos.
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