Resources for 261 thousand million pesos to carry out different aqueduct and sewage projects, which promise to improve the lives of 540 thousand Atlanticenses, is the goal of Atlantic Governorate in 2022.
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It involves the execution of 22 projects of drinking water in 13 municipal seats and 21 districts. In addition, 15 environmental sanitation projects will be launched, which will be developed in nine municipal capitals and four townships.
With the execution of the resources, it is expected to create 2,147 new jobs job. The goal of the departmental administration is to bring drinking water 24 hours a day, seven days a week to towns and neighborhoods that have never had the service.
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The Secretary of Potable Water and Basic Sanitation, Lady Ospina, is the one who has this mission, which began last year when he assures that he strengthened the provision of the service in 20 companies in the rural sector, with the training of operators, certification in labor skills and technical assistance, he achieved the Siasar diagnosis for 14 rural communities and relieved 138 labor liabilities with service providers in the department.
Investment projects in drinking water will not stop in the department of Atlántico, assured Governor Elsa Noguera.
Photo:Government of the Atlantic Press
“These indicators show that tireless work and execution of works that bring quality of life to our Atlanticenses, better continuity in the headwaters, water for the first time in the corregimientos and a great advance in basic sanitation for the recovery of our water bodies”, affirmed Ospina, who in this interview explains how he plans from his office to solve a problem that has been waiting for decades to be solved.
What is the great difficulty in bringing water to Atlantic towns that still do not have the service?
We are a flat apartment, which means we have to pump water from one place to another. This represents a lot of energy consumption, from its collection, treatment and distribution.
Also, it is due to the lag in infrastructurewhich was no longer enough to serve populations that are constantly growing.
What is the coverage of the department?
El Atlántico has 99 percent service coverage in the municipal capitals and 96 percent for the rural area. Indicators that are above the national average.
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Why doesn’t the water reach some places?
Although we have great coverage, we still need to strengthen the continuity, pressure and quality indexes, which is where we are working on strengthening the existing systems.
In 20 years, all the governors that have passed have made large investments in water, but the provision of the service is not optimal.
Each administration has contributed and left its grain of sand, although the department presents many complexities due to its conditions, the most important thing is to have a clear roadmap, which is what we have been doing with the Departmental Water Planorganizing the house, so that future efforts are clear where the department is going in this matter.
What does that roadmap consist of?
Governor Elsa Noguera has led a strategy that will allow drinking water to be brought to 100 percent of the department 24 hours a day.
Lady Ospina, Secretary of Potable Water of the Atlantic,
Photo:Government of the Atlantic Press
The first thing we did was work on the expansion of regional water systems, which will allow us to ensure enough liquid to have it 24 hours a day. Then we work on expanding the storage systems, since it is so difficult for us to move the water, we seek to store it in tanks under all the required protocols, which allow us to supply water from a high point by gravity, as has been happening in Puerto Colombia, Galapa, Piojó and Sabanalarga.
After having solved the storage problems, we began to complement the aqueduct networks connected to the regional systems, in this way we seek to generate an economy of scale that allows Atlanteans to have a service with the highest standards, at the lowest possible cost, low the operation of a specialized company.
What are the works that will develop?
This is our last step in the execution of projects to bring drinking water 24 hours a day, after ensuring production and storage, we continue with the construction of rural aqueductswhich are networks fed by regional systems driven by a series of Potable Water Pumping Stations, which will allow us to reach the home of the Atlantic people with the necessary force.
In several towns of the Atlantic, drinking water is carried in tank trucks of the Military Forces.
Within the works to reach the districts, the construction of the conduction lines that will allow us to reach the districts of Rotinet, Patilla, Gallego, Mirador, Sibarco, Aguas Vivas, Hibacharo, Villa Lata, Arroyo de Piedra is being carried out. , Black Creek, among others.
The Deputy Minister of Water and Basic Sanitation, José Luis Acero, assured that Atlántico is the first department in the country with a Departmental Water Plan. What does that mean for families that still do not have drinking water services?
Departmental Water Plans they are the roadmap for all departments for planning, inter-institutional coordination and execution of resources in the implementation of efficient and sustainable schemes that guarantee access to drinking water and basic sanitation in the country.
under this Roadmapthe department has achieved the best results in the country in its execution, which translates into a government committed to its people, improving the conditions of the liquid they consume.
What is your office committed to with these towns that still do not have the service?
Since Governor Elsa Noguera arrived, on the first day she promised to bring drinking water 24 hours a day to 100 percent of the municipalities and districts of the Atlantic. We will continue working until we reach the goal
LEONARDO HERRERA DELGANS
Correspondent of EL TIEMPO Barranquilla
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