Schools in Riohacha suspend classes due to lack of water and PAE - Other Cities - Colombia

A call to the mayor of Riohacha to improve the sanitary and infrastructure conditions of several institutions and educational centers in the District was made by the Association of Education Workers in La Guajira, Asodegua.

With this request they supported the decision to cease activities in several institutions and educational centers in the urban and rural areas of the District.

It is not fair that the Ministry of Education has been here for four years and today we see this panorama that is the product of negligence

Asodegua denounced that the breaches by the Mayor’s Office range from the implementation of the School Feeding Program (PAE) and school transportation, to the hiring of personnel for general services, the permanent water supply, the hiring of teachers and the repair of educational infrastructure.

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“It is not fair that the Ministry of Education has been here for four years and today we see this scenario that is the product of the negligence they had because they did not focus it,” says Sildana Deluque, president of Asodegua.

One of the institutions whose infrastructure is in poor condition is El Chonkay, at its headquarters No. 3 Remedios Morales de Guao. There one of the walls that supports the access gate is cracked and is at risk of falling.

Likewise, there are rooms that are caves for bats, pigeons and rats, taking advantage of the lack of some ceiling tiles. This has generated the spread of nauseating odors and other risks for the community.

Asodegua asked the Secretaries of Education and Health to close the affected classrooms, since the situation has caused several parents to withdraw their children.

Another of the affected sites in El Chonkay is No. 2, Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada. There the doors of the bathrooms are about to fall and the water service does not arrive.

Management’s response

Regarding these complaints, the Secretary of District Education, Jesús Herrera, confirmed that the general services contract has already been awarded and for next week the awarding of School Transportation and the PAE, respectively, will be carried out.

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Herrera assures that the delays are not due to poor planning, but to problems with the Mayor’s financial software, which did not allow the issuance of availability certificates.

To gain time, the PAE team of the Secretariat began the enlistment stage, carrying out verification activities of each one of the restaurants and school kitchens.

“To see what conditions they are in and what they need, in order to be able to provide the service in the shortest time possible,” said Herrera.

Regarding the lack of water, he pointed out that the problem is registered in eight educational institutions, for which a meeting was scheduled with the operating company of the aqueduct service, the competent areas and the members of the union to make decisions and resolve.

Finally, the official indicated that these days an agreement is being negotiated with Findeter for the improvement of school infrastructure, which should house some 60 educational venues of Riohacha.

ELIANA MEJIA
Special for WEATHER
RIOHACHA

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The project that seeks to solve the drinking water crisis in Santa Marta - Other Cities - Colombia

The solution to the crisis of shortage of drinking water that the capital of the department of the cupcake It seems that you already have a solution in sight.

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At least that is what the technical, environmental and economic studies that were carried out to define the water sources that will provide the deficit of 2,400 liters per second of water that the city currently has.

In this sense, it was established that the Piedras, Guachaca and Buritaca rivers, in the Sierra Nevadawill be in charge of supplying the aqueduct, which will later distribute it to the samarium households.

According to the study, the river stones The existing infrastructure will be used to increase the water concession from 400 to 800 liters per second for a scheme that from October to December can capture 800 liters per second.

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The rest of the year, 400 liters per second or less will be captured, depending on the flow of this water current.

Looking for money to finance the project

Currently the project is at 66 percent, but with the approval of the final alternative, it is expected to have the works defined in the next three months.

“We will build the first stages and for the remaining phases, we will leave a precise roadmap for the next administrations,” he said.Governor Carlos Caicedo.

For her part, Mayor Virna Johnson indicated that this progress was possible through cooperation with the Government.

The works involved in building

In the explanations of the rulers, it was known that in the Guachaca River A subsurface filtering gallery-type intake 20 meters long by 18 meters wide and 3.6 meters deep will be built.

In the months of January, August and September, 2,400 liters per second will be captured through it; and from February to July between 1,600 and 2,000 liters per second.

Design of the catchment plant for the rivers of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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At Buritaca River A catchment of 900 liters per second will be located and water will only be obtained in the months of February to July, when the flow cannot be completed with the Guachaca tributary.

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The Guachaca and Buritaca intakes will have water pumping stations to take it to the new El Curval plant, where a pipe with a diameter of 1.5 meters and 29 kilometers in length will be used.

In the El Curval sector, in the township of Bondathe new potabilization plant will be located, which will be of the fully automated conventional type.

The project also includes the designs of the aqueduct networks of the Nuevo Milenio, Villa Dania, Garagoa, Cantilito, Timayuí, November 11, El Yucal neighborhoods, among others, and the Bonda corregimental head, which will be completely connected to the new infrastructure. for continuous 24-hour service.

By Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
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Santa Marta lives risk of water shortage - Other Cities - Colombia

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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Spill in Barrancabermeja: emergency due to oil that reached the water - Santander - Colombia

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Last Saturday, February 19, the oily waters of Ecopetrol’s La Lizama well in Barrancabermeja overflowed.

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Ecopetrol activated the contingency plan to deal with an incident due to “overflow of the oily water system at the Satellite station of the Lisama Production field, located in the Vizcaína village of San Vicente de Chucurí,” they indicated from the oil company.

The system presented an overflow after they were registered heavy rains with electrical storm for about two hours in the area.

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Atlántico will invest $261 billion in drinking water and sewerage - Barranquilla - Colombia

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.

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“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,

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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
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Erosion threatens the drinking water service in Salamina, Magdalena - Other Cities - Colombia

The Magdalena River is just 400 meters from causing the collapse of the entire drinking water collection and treatment system that feeds the municipality of Salamina.

Despite the grave fallout that would leave the population with a possible damage to the aqueduct, the resources with which the megaproject established in the master plan to stop the erosion that threatens this area of ​​the department have not yet been disbursed.

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While they wait for the management and procedures of the National Government for the start of works, the inhabitants remain in complete anxiety because the Magdalena River is getting closer to the urban sector.

The region could be damaged
irreversible by the current of the river

The erosion began between kilometers 2.0 and 2.4 of the Piñón road; however, over time it has aggressively approached Salamina, and the danger and possible effects increase

The municipal official, Carlos Mario de la Cruz reported that after the current of the river destroyed the land where the ferry port worked, and affected river transport, the next service that is at risk of collapsing is that of drinking water.

“The erosion began between kilometers 2.0 and 2.4 of the Piñón road; however, over time it has aggressively approached Salamina, and the danger and the possible effects increase,” de la Cruz said.

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The representative of the entity of the Public Ministry, warned that in a period of no more than three months the water collection plant, considered the most stable and with the best coverage of the Magdalena, could suffer irreversible damage due to the current of the River.

“If the municipal aqueduct collapses due to this natural phenomenon, the more than 11 inhabitants of Salamina will stop receiving the precious liquid in their homes, which will mean a serious emergency for the town,” said the personero.
He added that “the first thing that would end up in the water would be the elevated tank and then the whole plant.”

This is a very serious situation and those who have dismissed it have had to see their words taken away by Rio itself and the erosive phenomenon.

Carlos Mario de la Cruz, lamented that this problem continues not to be given the relevance it requires, despite the fact that since it began to appear to date, the effects have been quite visible.

“This is a very serious situation and those who have dismissed it have had to see their words taken away by Rio itself and the erosive phenomenon,” said de la Cruz.

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Attorney General asks the Nation to appropriate resources

The Attorney General’s Office asked the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit to appropriate the budget for more than $95,000 million so that the stabilization and protection works of the right bank of the Magdalena River, contemplated in the Master plan, can be executed.

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The Public Ministry warned about “the imperative need to execute the proposed works given the current and imminent threat to the life, property and integrity of the citizens of Salamina and El Piñón.”

For this reason, the control entity required to allocate more quickly the resources requested by the Ministry of Transportation so that the works can be carried out without trauma as soon as possible, taking advantage of the current dry season.

By Roger Urieles
For THE WEATHER Santa Marta
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