Santo Domingo.- It will be in the next 48 hours when the breakdown of the Duey System, caused by the rise of the Haina River, will be solved, affecting the supply of drinking water in the municipalities of Los Alcarrizos, Pedro Brand and Pantoja, reported today Luis Salcedo, director of operations of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD).
Salcedo explained that they have had to wait for the flow of the Haina River to drop in order to start repair work on the pipes.
“Tomorrow night we hope they can restore services and we are working 24 hours,” he told The Day the director, director of operations of the CAASD.
The failure
Last Tuesday, the general director of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD), Felipe Subervi (Fellito), reported the closure of the Duey System, as a result of a breakdown caused by the rise of the Haina River, affecting the supply of drinking water in the municipalities of Los Alcarrizos, Pedro Brand and Pantoja.
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The official explained that it is a complex situation, because the solution involves relocating the pipes to divert the line and remove it from the tributary.
“The rise of the Haina River undermined the land, affecting a section of pipeline approximately 50 meters, leaving it in the air, so a diversion of the line will be made to restore the service”, explained Suberví.
The director of the CAASD He said that due to the magnitude of the breakdown, heavy equipment and all the necessary technical personnel have been transferred to solve the problem as soon as possible.
“What happened here was that the waters dragged the foundations, leaving the pipes uncovered and without material, causing the pipes to fail at the joints,” he lamented.
Affected sectors
The sectors affected in the case of the municipality of Los Alcarrizos are: the Paraíso neighborhood; New Horizon; Nazarene neighborhood; the Invi; New town; Villa Los Peloteros; Public Works; New Dawn; Landia, in the southern and lower part; Lebron neighborhood; The Liberator; April 24; Arenoso, at kilometer 14 and the residential El Madrigal.
Meanwhile, in the municipality of Peter Brand The drinking water supply will be affected in the neighborhoods: La Lomita, Los Cocos, Lomas Lindas, Eduardo Brito and at kilometer 32 of the Duarte Highway.
Meanwhile, in the municipal district of Pantoja those affected are: Don Gregory, partially; Pantoja I; the neighborhoods El Progreso, San Miguel, Los Platanitos, Los Militares, Los Peralejos, Palma Real, La Redención, Villa Morada, Brisas del Norte, Las Flores de Pantoja and Villa Claudia.
Likewise, residential Carmen María, Villa Graciela. Royal City I and II; Sunflowers I and II; residential Altos de Colombia, Pablo Mella City (Bisonó); and the sectors close to República de Colombia and Monumental avenues.
