Why the US$110 million water treatment plant built by the Spanish company Incatema Consulting and part of the Santo Domingo Sewage System is not fully in operation baffles journalists at Diario Libre. The water treatment plant was a major initiative of the past Danilo Medina administration.
Diario Libre reports that at the beginning of the Abinader administration in August 2020, the treatment plant was operating 20% and is now operating at 6%. When newly appointed to direct the Santo Domingo Water Corporation (CAASD), Felipe Suberví committed to putting the plant to work at 100% capacity, reports Diario Libre.
Former CAASD director Alejandro Montas had said the plant would have the capacity to treat 27 million gallons of residual water per day and would benefit 450,000 persons of the 37 barrios of northern Santo Domingo and those living in barrios that border the Ozama and Isabela Rivers. It would also collect the wastewater of 244 companies located alongside the rivers.
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Diario Libre
24 July 2023