The Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) announced that it has managed to re-establish water supply to 18 sectors of the National District affected by the breakage of a 60″ pipe broke in Engombe in West Santo Domingo. Alejandro Montas, the CAASD director, told reporters that the 18 sectors, located to the north of Independencia and 30 de Mayo avenues are now again receiving water.
The broken pipe was located in front of the Aprezio supermarket. It receives water from the Haina-Manoguayabo system. Montas noted that water supply had been reduced to 345 million gallons a day from its peak of 363 million gallons. He said that by the weekend, the water supply should reach 370 million.
Meanwhile, in Santiago de los Caballeros, the rupture of a 30” pipeline that supplies water to the Bella Vista sector has deprived the entire portion of the city south of the Yaque River of any water. According to sources at the Santiago Water and Sewer Corporation (Coraasan), the pipes are among some of the oldest in the city and did not resist the surge water pressure caused by recent rains.
Given the continuous breakage in the water pipes, Coraasan is seriously thinking of replacing them all, at the cost of RD$200 million. Most of these pipes were installed in the 1970s and have outlived their scheduled service life.
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El Nacional
El Nacional
14 October 2019