May 8, 2023, 4:13 PM
May 8, 2023, 4:13 PM
The vice president of the Society of Engineers of Santa Cruz, Roly Mancilla, suggested that the population in San Ignacio de Velasco boil the water before consuming it. This is due to the level of contamination that was verified during several studies.
sully, accompanied by chemical engineers Henry Arancibia and Eddy Torrelio, reported that there is minimal contamination in the 10 points where the delegation of professionals took samples in San Ignacio de Velasco and which were analyzed by the laboratory of the Gabriel René Moreno University (Utalab).
“There have been 10 samples that we took, at different points, in the reservoir, at the outlet of the filters, in the middle of the plant, in the neighborhoods, they all had a protocol to collect, They were transferred to the Utalab and they gave us the results”Mancilla explained.
Likewise, the professional clarified that in the samples fecal coliforms could be detectednitrates and a certain degree of fluidity. “But as a suggestion you should boil the water before consuming it“, he pointed out.
The engineer added that the drinking water treatment plant needs a redesign, so that the authorities can guarantee the quality indices of the liquid element.
Furthermore, the representative of the Society of Engineers suggested that the The Government draws up a law that declares the sub-basins that feed the reservoir a protection zone. They also asked to keep the reservoir clean (the Guapomó dam), which has already begun work on it.
