How about social turmoil due to price gouging (trucked water) because water is limited and demand exceeds supply? Call this a foreshadowing of the future . . .
As far as I can tell, drinking water aside, the water that is necessary for daily functioning: bathing, the toilet, washing dishes and clothes, cleaning, etc. come in two forms in the D.R. One is that you have a well (cisterna) where water is always available IF the water table is sufficient. The other is that the water is supplied by the city and you have a faucet (llave) that you connect to your pump (bomba) to fill your tenaco. In this scenario, the water is not always available and comes at only certain times. That being the case it is mandatory that when the water does come, that you fill your tenaco and other containers (emergency supply).
For us, where we presently have lived for three years in Zona Colonia, Avenida Mella, a main business street, the water ALWAYS comes on Sunday and Thursday. If you plan accordingly, no problem. Until now. Today is the second Sunday that the water that always came, didn't come. This means water once per week. And that means that if it doesn't come the second time, we're in trouble.
Is anyone else having water shortage problems? Are their credible government entities that address this problem?
As far as I can tell, drinking water aside, the water that is necessary for daily functioning: bathing, the toilet, washing dishes and clothes, cleaning, etc. come in two forms in the D.R. One is that you have a well (cisterna) where water is always available IF the water table is sufficient. The other is that the water is supplied by the city and you have a faucet (llave) that you connect to your pump (bomba) to fill your tenaco. In this scenario, the water is not always available and comes at only certain times. That being the case it is mandatory that when the water does come, that you fill your tenaco and other containers (emergency supply).
For us, where we presently have lived for three years in Zona Colonia, Avenida Mella, a main business street, the water ALWAYS comes on Sunday and Thursday. If you plan accordingly, no problem. Until now. Today is the second Sunday that the water that always came, didn't come. This means water once per week. And that means that if it doesn't come the second time, we're in trouble.
Is anyone else having water shortage problems? Are their credible government entities that address this problem?