The director of the Water and Sewer Corporation of Santo Domingo (CAASD), Alejandro Montas reports that Greater Santo Domingo has a deficit of some 51,000.000 gallons of water a day due to the prolonged drought affecting the country. He explained that four of the systems providing water to the aqueduct are working at very minimum levels.
Late last week the area was receiving 369 million gallons rather than the 420 million gallons that are normal. Montás made the remarks at a meeting of Evangelicals on the topic of water conservation and proper use.
He explained that Haina-Manoguayabo is only using three of its 10 pumps and the others are only providing one cubic meter of water per second, representing a deficit of 70%.
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Diario Libre
25 March 2019