We feel your pain! It has been 22 days since we have gotten ANY water from Corraplata - and yes, we live on La Mulata - and yes, we have contracts with Corraplat. Since the end of August, we have gotten water just 8 times - and only 4 were sufficent to bring our cistern up to full (it wasn't empty either!). We have a very small cistern which holds ~2000 gallons. Thankfully we are used to droughts where we came from and we are very good at conserving water, but it is getting very old (and unpleasant) to only shower every other day, limit our laundry to 1, maybe 2, loads a week. Forget about topping off the pool or watering our garden. If Mother Nature doesn't help with that, well, we're just SOL. We and most of our neighbors have had to buy at least one truck of water at a cost of RD1500-1800 depending on the company and the "quality" of the water.
Yes, our line is still "connected" but Corraplata always blames it on "a problemo" - a pump is out, a line is broken, the river is low, not enough rain, too much rain (can't turn valves in the lightning) - in addition to the fact that they have ILLEGALLY tapped into a private water line that was put in to service only International Village and was paid for by the developer, Freddie Milz. Apparently Corraplata wrote contracts for those who they illegally hooked up. Now that they cannot supply sufficient pressure to get water to International Village, they have been caught with their proverbial shorts down.
We have made countless trips to Corraplata - in Charamicos and Puerto Plata - pleading for water. Freddie Milz and Pablo Rivera of Century 21 Perdomo supposedly have been in contact with the head honchos in Puerto Plata and demanded the illegal taps be cut off - but it has not made a difference in our water supply.
Obviously cutting off the illegal taps may eventually help us, but it seems as though Corraplata is the culpable party here and it would be best for us all to join forces in an attempt to force a solution that will benefit us all. We'd be happy to participate. We'll also talk to our neighbors who may not frequent DR1 and will likely be able to rally a few more to join in. Please PM us and we'll be there!!
PS - We are in the process of putting a water harvesting system in place in the meantime. Frustrating to have to spend the money when we "should" be getting water via Corraplata....