Health authorities of the province of Matanzas They reported this Friday that in the waters contaminated From the source of Abasto Bello there is presence of fecal coliforms, and urged the population to take measures for consumption.
Andrés Lamas, director of hygiene and epidemiology in the territory, explained to TV Yumuri that people should boil the water Before using it, or trying to acquire what is transported and delivered to the population in cisterns.
As confirmed to @tvyumurimtz Dr. Andrés Lamas, director of hygiene and epidemiology in #Matanzasthe analysis of the waters that contaminated the source of beautiful supply, contains fecal coliforms, which is why they recommend boiling the water.#Periodico They were pic.twitter.com/v8drqkwuun
– Girón newspaper (@PeriodicoGaron) February 8, 2025
The manager clarified that the pollution detected only affects the networks that include the towns of El Naranjal, Matanzas Este and Oeste and the Versailles cast.
In recent days, a cachaza spill occurred in the Boris Luis Santa Coloma Sugar Central, in the neighboring province of Mayabeque, affected the quality of the water that is pumped towards a part of the city of Matanzas, forcing the service to be raised more.
Given this situation, the distribution of the fluid with tank cars to the affected rigger neighborhoods began, and the monitoring of the water parameters in the contaminated supply source.
It requires a publication in the Facebook profile of the Girón newspaper that studies conducted for some time have demonstrated the existence of an underground connection between the area where the central Boris Luis Santa Coloma, of Mayabeque, is located with the beautiful basin.
A spill in Mayabeque forces to ration more water in matanzas
He adds that it is not the first time that contamination of this type happens, so it is suggested “the taking of environmental mitigation measures so that the event is not repeated.”
Given the new findings in monitoring, the medium explains that coliform bacteria are found on earth, surface water, plants and intestines of hot blood and people, and that the identification in the water of one of its types -Alladed Escherichia Coli (E. coli)- It is a sign that there are fecal waste in it.
The medium points out that, although most of these bacteria “are harmless to humans”, there are others that cause diseases, whose most common symptoms are gastrointestinal discomfort and general symptoms similar to those of flu, such as fever, abdominal cramps and diarrhea.
The anomalous situation affects the complex situation of the supply of drinking water to the population, whose ration has its causes in multiple factors.
Among the elements that usually hit this service are the faults and saliders in the drivers, other problems of the hydraulic infrastructure that prevent the arrival of the liquid in different areas, the blackouts that affect the pumping and cause breaks, and the lack of water in water in Drought time.
