The director of the Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) Alejandro Montás says that tap water in Santo Domingo has important nutrients that are eliminated in osmosis treated water widely sold in bottles. He says tap water in Santo Domingo has a potability index of more than 98.5%. He says that it is the same water that is sold in small bottles and five gallon bottles, and used to manufacture soft drinks and alcoholic drinks in Greater Santo Domingo.
In a TV interview on Revista 110 with Julio Hazim, Montas said that in Greater Santo Domingo, only 30% of users pay for the tap water service. He urged for rational use of the water and for customers to pay for the service.
He said Greater Santo Domingo does not need new aqueducts. What is necessary is to execute a program to reduce water losses.
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El Caribe
7 August 2017
