{"id":213643,"date":"2020-02-12T13:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=213643"},"modified":"2020-02-12T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-12T18:34:42","slug":"new-breakdown-increases-affectations-to-water-service-in-havana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/new-breakdown-increases-affectations-to-water-service-in-havana\/","title":{"rendered":"New breakdown increases affectations to water service in Havana"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new breakdown of a drinking water pipe in <\/span>Havana<\/span><\/a> is currently \u201cslowing down\u201d the supply service to several areas of the city, which has increased the affectations to the population and the state entities previously damaged by a fuel leak.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because of the breakdown this Sunday in one of the pipes of the El Gato source, \u201cthe emergency lines that provided the supply service to the districts affected by the fuel contamination were removed,\u201d <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i> newspaper <\/span>reported,<\/span><\/a> citing an official statement from the Aguas de La Habana enterprise, which said that for this reason \u201cthe critical points of these districts remain affected.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The breakdown of pipe 42 of said source \u201ccaused that supply be urgently cut off to the Sevilleno and Naranjito districts, as well as to part of Vista Alegre and Lawton, affected since last Wednesday by <\/span>a leak of turbo fuel<\/span><\/a>\u201d in the waters of the Vento canal, \u201cwhich contribute to the central system of the municipalities of Plaza de la Revoluci\u00f3n, 10 de Octubre, Centro Habana, Old Havana and Cerro,\u201d <\/span>Granma<\/span><\/i> specified.<\/span><\/p>\n

As part of the affectations, the water service was also cut from the morning hours to the Nuevo Vedado and Puentes Grandes districts, \u201cdue to the low water levels in the Palatino tanks, and with a view to guaranteeing the supply to the hospitals around the Loma del Pr\u00edncipe,\u201d adds the enterprise\u2019s note.<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AguasdeLaHabana\/posts\/2226706864305614<\/p>\n

*Caption: INFORMATION STATEMENT 7 The Aguas de La Habana enterprise informs users residing in the center-east-south of the\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Posted by <\/span>Aguas de La Habana<\/span><\/a> on\u00a0<\/span>Monday, February 10, 2020<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

As a result of the first breakdown, which occurred in the pipe that takes turbo fuel to Jos\u00e9 Mart\u00ed International Airport, Aguas de La Habana brigades and the Uni\u00f3n Cubapetr\u00f3leo (Cupet) worked not only in the solution of the leak but also in the cleaning of the canal and cisterns that were contaminated.<\/span><\/p>\n

Leonel D\u00edaz, general director of Aguas de La Habana, last weekend explained to the local press that the definitive solution was \u201cvery complex,\u201d because it implied \u201cnot only the removal of the leak in the pipeline,\u201d but also \u201ctaking out and replacing the contaminated soil that serves as filling for the canal itself, with the purpose of avoiding new contamination after the reestablishment of the pumping.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, he said that \u201cas soon as the affectation was known\u2015whose focus was the patio of the Basic Provincial Electric Organization, in the Capdevila area\u2015the pumping was stopped,\u201d and consequently, even though this system supplies several municipalities from the center of the city, \u201cthe damage was fundamentally appreciated in part of 10 de Octubre and Guanabacoa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

However, neighbors from other affected areas claim to have received contaminated water in their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n

A\u00fan sin soluci\u00f3n aver\u00eda que contamin\u00f3 agua potable en La Habana<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n