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Water
Looks like you have a great water company. Website is unavailable http://www.caasd.gov.do/. But they do tweet or tuit. Most government departments great at keeping you up to date via twitter https://twitter.com/caasdrd. Seems like they are installing loads of new pipes in the National District so may be that - if you tweet you can message them - I usually get an answer when I tweet the govt depts. Good luck.
Matilda
Matilda
Santo Domingo.- No hay agua desde el fin de semana en la calle Espaillat en la ciudad Colonial, denunciaron residentes en la zona mediante un twitter a El Sol de la Mañana.
Anibelca Rosario expresó que la falta de agua es desde el pasado domingo, según el twitter de la denuncia.
Los denunciantes expreson que han llamado a la Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (CAASD) y que han informado que iban a corregir la falta de agua sin que cumplan.
Mientras que el periodista Melton Pineda-La Bazuca-aseguró que la escasez de agua no es desde el fin de semana pasado sino desde hace más de una semana porque ha tenido que comprar varios camiones de agua.
http://zolfm.com/noticia/50339/se-quejan-por-falta-de-agua-en-calle-espaillat-ciudad-colonial--
Matilda
Anibelca Rosario expresó que la falta de agua es desde el pasado domingo, según el twitter de la denuncia.
Los denunciantes expreson que han llamado a la Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (CAASD) y que han informado que iban a corregir la falta de agua sin que cumplan.
Mientras que el periodista Melton Pineda-La Bazuca-aseguró que la escasez de agua no es desde el fin de semana pasado sino desde hace más de una semana porque ha tenido que comprar varios camiones de agua.
http://zolfm.com/noticia/50339/se-quejan-por-falta-de-agua-en-calle-espaillat-ciudad-colonial--
Matilda
Remember where you have chosen to live. Service delivery in general, be it electricity, water, roads and sewers are all hit & miss from day to day month to month. Some haven't had running water in months and I am sure a few have never had water delivery despite the tap in the kitchen and the pipe in the ground.
Usually these services run at a level that at least meets basic needs but sometimes they do not. For any essential service you must always have a plan B ready to put into action. Take these occasional disruptions (however caused) and consider how dramatic the loss of services will be after a major earthquake or Hurricane. In such a situation, the upset will be catastrophic and those with a choice would probably not continue living here under those conditions for such a long period of time if repatriation is an option.
Thankfully, service interruptions are usually short lived. In every instance someone is always first to have their service restored and that means that there is always someone who is last. It sucks to be last but one must always be able to meet your basic needs on your own in developing countries because neither the Govt nor the utilities themselves are capable of maintaining a service level enjoyed in more developed countries.
Clearly the water people know of the issue, but are unable to correct it thus far and probably don't actually know when the correction/repair will be completed.
Time for a vacation so you can take a shower, it's beginning to get hot outside again.
Good luck, hopefully water anytime now...
Usually these services run at a level that at least meets basic needs but sometimes they do not. For any essential service you must always have a plan B ready to put into action. Take these occasional disruptions (however caused) and consider how dramatic the loss of services will be after a major earthquake or Hurricane. In such a situation, the upset will be catastrophic and those with a choice would probably not continue living here under those conditions for such a long period of time if repatriation is an option.
Thankfully, service interruptions are usually short lived. In every instance someone is always first to have their service restored and that means that there is always someone who is last. It sucks to be last but one must always be able to meet your basic needs on your own in developing countries because neither the Govt nor the utilities themselves are capable of maintaining a service level enjoyed in more developed countries.
Clearly the water people know of the issue, but are unable to correct it thus far and probably don't actually know when the correction/repair will be completed.
Time for a vacation so you can take a shower, it's beginning to get hot outside again.
Good luck, hopefully water anytime now...Try 5 years and counting!
5 DAYS? ROFL. (sorry.) Try 5 YEARS! Check your contract and see if the are obligated to deliver trucked water. Ours said 2,000 gallons a month that we never got. After a couple of months, individuals were digging up the streets and diverting water from everyone down the line. We are at the end of those lines and 5 years later, still don't have any city water.
After about 4 months, we got permits and had wells dug on our 2 properties on a weekend when "they" would not be around and kinda hid them. Installed gutters and other rain water harvesting items Installed filters, UV and RO systems. Had our Lawyer file papers that included all sorts of breaches of contract and since they kept threatening, other illegal activities. Ended up cancelling the contract that they still don't recognize and come by demanding payment and that they will cut our pipes that.... have NO water. We laugh at them and just walk away. They don't come around much anymore. (They never did cut our pipes knowing that not much point doing that and would require 6 men watching one do the digging while the others had to watch.)
We don't worry about water. Good Luck!
5 DAYS? ROFL. (sorry.) Try 5 YEARS! Check your contract and see if the are obligated to deliver trucked water. Ours said 2,000 gallons a month that we never got. After a couple of months, individuals were digging up the streets and diverting water from everyone down the line. We are at the end of those lines and 5 years later, still don't have any city water.
After about 4 months, we got permits and had wells dug on our 2 properties on a weekend when "they" would not be around and kinda hid them. Installed gutters and other rain water harvesting items Installed filters, UV and RO systems. Had our Lawyer file papers that included all sorts of breaches of contract and since they kept threatening, other illegal activities. Ended up cancelling the contract that they still don't recognize and come by demanding payment and that they will cut our pipes that.... have NO water. We laugh at them and just walk away. They don't come around much anymore. (They never did cut our pipes knowing that not much point doing that and would require 6 men watching one do the digging while the others had to watch.)
We don't worry about water. Good Luck!