The current dry season has caused the Manzanares, Piedras and Gaira rivers, which supply the drinking water treatment plants of Santa Marta, to register a significant decrease in levels close to 50 percent. This fact generates a low water supply for the provision of the aqueduct service.
Although the provision of the service to users has not yet been totally affected, the public service company, Essmar, has already activated a care protocol to avoid a critical Depletion, like the one that has been held in previous years in the city.
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Essmar’s plan is to improve the response capacity of the aqueduct system and mitigate the impacts of drought on samarian homes.
Among the actions contemplated in the action protocol are the prioritization of the rational use of water campaign; availability of a fleet of tanker vehicles during 24 hours; articulated visits with the communities and Corpamag in the catchment area of the Gaira river and control against illegal connections.
Likewise, seven drinking water loading points will be set up for tank trucks, in order to increase – if required – the volume supplied to users and communities.
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In the same way, the execution of cleaning brigades in the intakes was planned and supply schedules will be implemented for the communities dependent on water from the adduction lines to increase the volume of input to the Mamatoco plant.
The installations of pumps in catchments of the rivers were also announced. Apple orchards and Stones.
Faced with these actions, special agent Yahaira Díaz Quesada assured that “the strength and articulation of the entities and the community allows us to find concrete actions to arrive in an effective and forceful way to mitigate the situations that arise in the face of the drought season ”.
ROGER URIEL
Special for WEATHER
SANTA MARTA
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