MÉRIDA, Mexico -. The water supply crisis currently affects more than 23,000 people in Sancti Spíritus
The “supply through tank cars, or pipes, has once again been inserted into the daily life of the Sancti Spiritus panorama, recognizes the official press, which attributes the crisis to the drought and the poor state of the networks.
The most affected territories are Yaguajay, Jatibonico, Cabaiguán, Fomento, Trinidad and Sancti Spíritus, says Yusliadys Lorenzo Coca, technical director of the Provincial Delegation of Hydraulic Resources.
While the largest number of affected water collection sources are located in the main municipality (six) and Fomento (five).
For its part, Trinidad is the municipality with the largest population affected due to the “depressed state of El Pedrero and San Juan de Letrán, which are decisive in ensuring the service.”
However, the state of the three dams that supply water to the province is not of concern, since Lebrije – Jatibonico’s supplier – is at 65% of its capacity; Tuinucú – which pays taxes to the provincial capital – retained 68%; and Siguaney, supplier of the homonymous town, Tuinucú, Zaza del Medio and the industrial zone of Sancti Spíritus, at 74%.
The largest Cuban reservoir, the Zaza dam, which does not supply drinking water, is only 13% of its capacity, which raises concern and affects rice cultivation in the extensive areas covered by the Sur del Jíbaro Agroindustrial Grain Company .
According to Granmato try to alleviate what has become a chronic crisis, the province recently acquired “six new pieces of equipment, and even spare parts, for pumping stations like Manaquitas: the largest in the territory, which ensures service to the provincial capital and Cabaiguán” .
The report recognizes, however, that the pumping equipment in the Sancti Spiritus network “constantly breaks” due to obsolescence.
Water supply crisis in Cuba
As revealed by a report from the official media Cubadebatemore than 2.2 million Cubans do not have access to any of the infrastructures that allow them to supply water on a regular basis.
According to the statistics presented, 48.7% of the population receives the service safely and 30.7% has a basic service.
In total, of the 8.8 million that have service, 8.3 million people have connections within their homes to receive water. More than 447,000 Cubans receive water in tanker trucks permanently.
Of the population that benefits from some infrastructure, only half (4 million) have daily supply service. The rest receive it on alternate days (2 million inhabitants); in a period of three to nine days (1.5 million) and every 10 or more days (566,227 citizens).
Recently, the Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel recognized that 90% of more than 7,100 opinions collected consider state water services to be disastrous, in his podcast that focused on the service crisis.
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2024-05-27 14:38:46
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