The Santo Domingo Corporation of Aqueducts and Sewers (CAASD) has informed that there is a 35-million-gallon daily deficit of drinking water as a consequence of the drought continuing to affect the systems of Duey, Isa, Mana, Isabela, and Haina Manoguayabo.
Operations’ director Luis Salcedo said that the rains falling over the last few days have not been sufficient and production on Monday, 22 April 2019 was only 385 million gallons when the normal level is 420 million. He said that although Haina was operating at acceptable levels if there was not more rain this week then it would have to decrease. He added they would continue to deliver water in cistern trucks to sectors such as Pedro Brand, the upper part of Herrera, Pantoja, Alcarrizos and other places in the west of Santo Domingo.
He also said that they had taken advantage of the lack of traffic in Easter Week to carry out works throughout Santo Domingo such as replacing valves in Máximo Gómez with Nicolás Ovando and laying pipes in Av. Ortega y Gasset in the National District.
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24 April 2019