The Santo Domingo Aqueducts and Water Sewage Corporation (CAASD) announced that a major breakdown “of great proportions” affected the main pipeline from Valdesia Dam to Santo Domingo. The leakage occurred in an aggregate construction material plant located in Batey Bienvenido in Manoguayabo, northern Santo Domingo.
Alejandro Montás, director of the CAASD, said the breakdown would affect water supply to 80 sectors in Greater Santo Domingo for a week. Among those affected will be:
María Auxiliadora, Mejoramiento Social, La Ciénaga, Los Guandules, Guachupita, 27 de Febrero, Villa María, Villa Juana, Villas Agrícolas, Villa Consuelo, Ensanche Kennedy, La Agustina, La Agustinita, Cristo Rey, La Puya, Arroyo Hondo Viejo I, II and III; Cuesta Hermosa, Cuesta Brava, Los Ríos, Los Jardines, Claret, Galá, Colinas del Seminario, Ciudad Real I and II, Villa Claudia, Villa Isabel, Villa Graciela and Carmen María.
Also Km 14 Duarte Highway, Los Cocos de Pantoja; Gascue, Ciudad Nueva, Ciudad Colonial, San Carlos, Don Bosco, Villa Francisca, Los Prados, Los Praditos, Bella Vista, Quisqueya, Naco, Piantini, Miraflores, El Millón, Ensanche Paraíso, among others.
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Diario Libre
Listin Diario
14 February 2019
