DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

The Ozama River, the vital water source for Greater Santo Domingo that divides the National District from Eastern Santo Domingo in Greater Santo Domingo, is under the threat of tons of solid waste that continue to accumulate at the Santo Domingo Este city government Cancino transfer station, mere meters from its bank. This ongoing operation blatantly violates a two-year-old mandate from the Ministry of the Environment that required its definitive closure, Diario Libre reports.

The transfer stations in Santo Domingo Este —the nation’s most populous municipality, generating between 1,500 and 1,600 tons of solid waste daily— were ordered shut down by then-Environment Minister Orlando Jorge Mera in 2022. Resolutions 0006-2022 and 0007-2022 cited their location within the protected Ozama Wetlands area as the reason for total closure.

Diario Libre points out that the...