Forgot to add "Especially where the majority of the people don't pay for their electricity, i.e. Capital Barrios."
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Forgot to add "Especially where the majority of the people don't pay for their electricity, i.e. Capital Barrios."
Definitely agree that portraying any fact any other way is inconsistent with reality.
On another note…
84.9% of clients receiving energy from the EDE's are on the 24 hour circuit.
85.4% of all receivers of energy from the EDE's pay their bill with about 370,000 not paying amounting to a loss of US$240.7 million.
84.9% usuarios que pagan la luz reciben 24 horas
Las cifras reflejan que 1,875,336 usuarios del servicio eléctrico reciben energía de forma ininterrumpida
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Very important to be as close to accuracy as possible.
Now, what was I saying before? Oh yes, that in this forum it's very common to present issues such as electricity as if they haven't changed or got worse. Go on…
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Mr AE says you’re 100% correct. He was 13 when Trujillo died so he remembers. No electricity or water issues. No locked doors. Says you could sleep outside and no one would bother you.
Definitely agree that portraying any fact any other way is inconsistent with reality.
On another note…
84.9% of clients receiving energy from the EDE's are on the 24 hour circuit.
85.4% of all receivers of energy from the EDE's pay their bill with about 370,000 not paying amounting to a loss of US$240.7 million.
84.9% usuarios que pagan la luz reciben 24 horas
Las cifras reflejan que 1,875,336 usuarios del servicio eléctrico reciben energía de forma ininterrumpida
Very important to be as close to accuracy as possible.
Now, what was I saying before? Oh yes, that in this forum it's very common to present issues such as electricity as if they haven't changed or got worse. Go on…
I'd LOVE to see those numbers from 20 (or even 15 years ago)
True.
But its also good to point out, since we talking about bills which aren't paid for services received vs. those which are paid, but the service not received; how about water?
Most part of Santo Domingo does pay for water service, yet, the water is MIA?
Cisternas, water trucks and water wells are the norm.
I am not making this up, nor do I would want to portray anything else than the reality. BTW, the water and the electricity services have been and continue to be a nightmare in the capital and the entire country for the most parts since the 80's.
Has it been any considerable fix to either? The short answer is no, is has not at the pace it should've been.
In another note, painting these issues with a thinner brush will not make them go away, and even more preposterous is pretend that the country has made enormous work towards arriving at the fix is laughable at best.
As I said, this country like new toys and shiny things!
And you do trust them numbers, from "official" channels?
I do too have a bridge to sell.
Do you follow any of the social pages of the water corporation? The social pages of the President? Do you have any idea of the water projects that are in process?
Here's some reading for you:
Water resources management in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia
The CAASD has a client base of around 300,000 in an urban area with around 800,000 households. For anyone to pay a bill, they need to get it in the first place.
Do you follow any of the social pages of the water corporation? The social pages of the President? Do you have any idea of the water projects that are in process?
Here's some reading for you:
Water resources management in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
It doesn't matter. There is no water services in place since the 80s in this country. That can't be argued.
Reading and posting future project on the cyberspace won't produce water at the faucets of the users.
Does it?
And am sure they all get a bill at the end of the month, and for the most part the bills get paid, now, where are the goods citizens are paying for?
Why most people have to pay for water trucks to deliver water to their cisternas every other week?
If you read the article, you'd know there are many completed projects have been listed. Here is just one:
In 2008 the DR had an installed hydroelectric capacity of 470 MW, accounting for 14% of electricity generating capacity. It is expected that, by 2012, an additional 762MW will have been added. The first three new hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 240MW
And lets not even the mention the water wasted daily by car washes, hoses left open, leaks..
Perfect? Of course not. But Rome wasn't built in a day.
There is an inconsistency in water distribution due to many things such as a faulty grid system where much of the water is lost before it arrives to many peoples homes and the usage of water in inconsiderate ways (ie. leaving the faucet open and wasting water when a person only uses a part of that) and those are just two issues. That grid in no way covers the entire urban area. It goes without saying that for people not in the grid its very tough for them to get a bill in the first place.
Where is the water?
Everything comes down to it. Where is it?
"“Aquí el agua dura hasta 15 días para llegar y cuando suele llegar es por una hora y hora media. Estamos que vivimos comprando camiones de agua donde solamente un camión pequeño nos cobra 600 pesos”, expresó María Peralta, residente del sector Villa Carmen."
Escasez de agua sigue afectando sectores del GSD
Todas las noticias del acontecer nacional de la República Dominicana y el resto del mundo.
www.elcaribe.com.do
Non sense.
El Millon, Arroyo Hondo, La Julia.
Those are areas affected and w/o water services for the most part and mind you, these are priveleged areas of la capital.
JD,
I live this everyday and so does anyone else living in Santo Domingo. If he, NALs does, lives here too, he too will feel the pain. To try to fake it, look the other way and pretend everything is fine, is humorous to me and a shame for those which would line up behind such fallacy.
The truth is that water is a huge issue in this city and country overall.
Again, most people living in the Grand Santo Domino pay for water services but receive jack!
I never said it was perfect, and the Lord knows they have their issues. The majority of people do NOT pay for it but still complain when they don't get it. More get it for free than the folks who pay for it and that is a fact.
I am merely stating it has been an issue for years, but they are continually working to improve the situation.
It's a tough job when the demand of the city outpaces their ability to keep up with it.
But to say they're doing nothing about it is not true.
I don't care for the one who get it for free (how much do they actually get and when would be a good guess?), I, and millions others right dead center of the capital pay for it and get nothing.
The fact that there are more clients than the CAASD could accommodate for, does answer and shows exactly my point; the work is slower than the growth and hence the catastrophe existing today.
How could anyone claim something has been achieve to fix the issues and at the same time post and claim that growth has overtaken planning and execution?
Doesn't cities have planners to look out 10, 20, 30 years in the future and plan accordingly to potential demands?
Go ahead and try now to blame it onto the poor barrios and the ones that allegedly get water everyday, yet don't pay for it?
Those are the ones to blame, right?
That will fix it!