community residents The Pedregalin the municipality of Pedro Brand, demanded from the Government the service of drinking water because pipes have never been installed in the area and they are forced to pay one hundred pesos for a 55-gallon tank.
They explained that the water they consume is from a well, which does not guarantee health. Once a month, the Santo Domingo Aqueduct and Sewerage Corporation (CAASD) sends a truck and distributes the liquid for free, but sometimes it takes up to two months to return.
A few meters from the Santo Domingo ring road, the residents of The Pedregal they do not have an aqueduct system, despite the fact that it is a rural community that is over a hundred years old.
Homeland Figuereo He said they are abandoned despite being so close to town. He stated that it is not possible for a community with so many people not to have a pipe system to supply liquid to hundreds of families that live in the area.
“You have to buy water every day, they have never given us water, they forgot about us, there is no pipe, we are orphans,” the lady complained.
Throughout the length of the road that leads to La Cuaba, tanks are permanently observed in front of the houses to fill them when the CAASD.
Roselis Fernández, another resident of the area, said that the authorities of the CAASD They are aware of the problem, but they are only limited to bringing a truck of water once a month and sometimes up to two months.
“We want them to put the water on us, we have done diligence, but they do not resolve, they do not say anything,” he said.
On the other hand, Maritza Francois argued that the two well owners are right to charge to get water from those places because they made their investment, but that it is the authorities who must solve the problem and supply the locals.
