According to Alexander Montas, director of the Santo Domingo Water Corporation (CAASD), the drought is causing a water deficit water of around 75 million gallons a day. He said that the availability of water has decreased from 400 million gallons a day to 325 million, and that CAASD is now distributing water in trucks t in Santo Domingo West.
He went on to say that for the moment there were no problems in the National District or Santo Domingo province as the Valdesia aqueduct and the Ozama River had not been affected by the seasonal drought. But Montas urged the population not to waste water.
On the brighter side, the National Meteorological Office forecasts rains for the end of this month.
Those areas worse affected are Los Alcarrizos, Miraflores, Los Girasoles, Pantoja, El Invi, Obras Publicas, Herrera, Herrera Industrial Zone, Las Caobas, Manoguayabo, Alameda, and other areas that depend on the Haina, Isa and Duey rivers that have been most affected by the drought.