More than 60 neighborhoods in the Santo Domingo province and the National District have been without drinking water since Monday, as a result of a breakdown that affected the distribution line of the Valdesia Santo Domingo aqueduct, caused by the drilling machine of a private company that did not was identified by the authorities of the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD).
The director of the CAASD, Felipe Suberví, informed this Tuesday that brigades of that institution work 24 hours a day to correct the fault and restore the service.
The works take place on Coronel Juan María Lora Fernández avenue, in the Los Ríos sector of the capital, where the amount of water that flows through the pipes caused some locals to use the streets as a large swimming pool.
“This line conducts approximately 70 million gallons per day, so our institution proceeded to close it, to identify the damage to the pipeline and proceed with the solution work,” Suberví said.
The affected
Among the affected neighborhoods are Los Guandules, Guachupita, María Auxiliadora, Mejoramiento Social and Villa María, in the National District.
Also, Villa Fontana; Villa Juana; Villa Consuelo; Agricultural Villages; Simon Bolivar; April 24; Gualey; Espaillat widening; widen Luperon; Kennedy and La Fe widening.
Also, Arroyo Hondo; Deep Creek II; Deep Creek III; Christ the King; The Augustine; The Augustinian; Hills of Arroyo Hondo; The Puya of Arroyo Hondo; The Pines of Arroyo Hondo; Claret widening; The rivers.
Likewise, Slopes of Arroyo Hondo; Villa Claudia; Villa Graciela, Villa Amanda; Real city; residential Carmen Maria; Manzano Creek; Iron door; residential Plateau; Cuesta Hermosa I II and III; Elizabeth Villas and others.
“The CAASD had granted a permit for a sewage filter in the western part of the road and they did it in the eastern part, where they cross the lines of the Valdesia aqueduct,” explained Suberví.
In addition, he announced that the institution will be taking the appropriate measures against the company that caused the problem, noting that it did not have the corresponding permit.
there will be sanctions
Felipe Suberví, director of the Water and Sewage Corporation of Santo Domingo (cAASD), announced that the institution will be taking the appropriate measures against the company that caused the problem, highlighting that it did not have the corresponding permit. However, he did not establish the type of sanctions that correspond to the company that perforated the pipes.
