The director of the Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Corporation (Caasd), Felipe Suberví, reported this Thursday that only 28% of residents in Greater Santo Domingo pay for the service of water potable.
By participating in the discussion “The Future of Water”, organized by the Dominican Association of Universities (ADOU), Suberví explained that 80% of that 28% that pays is represented by the industrieshe trade and the rest middle and upper class.
He thanked the universities for their willingness on the issue. water.
He indicated that those who pay for the service They do it for six pesos. metro cubicwhich is equivalent to two cents per gallon. He said that 72% of the nearly four million inhabitants of Greater Santo Domingo, generally, do not pay the service. He said that the Caasd is working on a regulation to continue increasing the collection which is around 130 million pesos per month.
Respect for the production of waterindicated that the different systems provide a production of 470 million gallons per day and the trend is to improve when the expansion of the Barreras de Salinidad aqueduct and other projects come into operation.
“If the water problem is not resolved in this four-year period, the solution will be well underway”Director of CAASD
He stressed the importance of increasing the production and reiterated the need for the construction of the Haina Dam (or Madrigal Dam) and the conduction of water from the Hatillo dam. He also mentioned the Don Juan dam in the Monte Plata province, with a contribution of four cubic meters per second.
Loss of water
The director of the Caasd reported that the loss of water It is around 60% for several reasons, one of which has to do with the lack of awareness of citizens who do not value the liquid, but also due to the obsolescence of pipes, among other factors.
The president of ADOUWady Ramírez, indicated that the water It is a limited resource that involves various disciplines and universities can offer a multidisciplinary approach to address the reality of this relevant liquid from different perspectives.
“Academies are research centers and trainers of today’s and tomorrow’s leaders who need to have social sensitivity and mastery in management. resources natural and environmental sustainability,” he said.
