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Published Wednesday,
March 11, 2020
Plans to increase drinking water supply in San José By the A.M. Costa Rica staff On Tuesday, the government announced projects to improve the water supply in San José Province. The first improvements were made to increase the supply of drinking water in the southern communities of the capital, according to the Public Water Institute. The first project is the opening of a new drinking water distribution system, to provide an extra 100 liter per second injection of water from the El Llano reservoir in Cartago Province. This amount of water is equivalent to the daily consumption of 24,500 people. Also, the distribution of water will gradually increase to reach 400 liters per second, said the institute. Other projects planned for development by the institute in the short term are: Identification of new wells and water sources. The institute is listing the owners of private wells or water sources in San José. The goal is to connect these private wells provisionally to the public water distribution system. Purchase storage tanks. The institute bought 20 storage tanks to install them in public spaces in the communities of Alajuelita, Zapote, among other places in the south of the capital. The tanks will be used to supply the trucks for the distribution of drinking water to homes in those communities. Installation of water tanks in schools. The Public Water Institute is in the process of identifying schools that have reported a shortage of drinking water. The goal is to install water tanks in schools and maintain a constant supply of drinking water with truck distributors of the institute. Trucks offering free distribution of drinking water are providing water to other institutions such as elderly hospices or prisons located in the southern zone of the capital. Water cut control. A new schedule of water service cuts have been developed, according to the institute. This will push for control of valves with new calendars to avoid prolonged suspensions of drinking water in the communities. Also, the institute announced an investment of $54,670,157 to build 23 drinking water distribution wells. It is expected this will solve the water deficit in the capital, said the institute in its statement. Among these projects is the La Valencia aqueduct in San Jose, which will distribute an additional 80 liters per second of drinking water, to the current consumption of 19,600 people. At the end of this year, the expectation is to finish the construction of two new pipelines in San Jose, to provide drinking water of an additional 200 liters per second, for the consumption of other communities with approximately 49,000 people. Also, the institute announced work on the interconnection of the Zamora well, in San Antonio de Belén, which will distribute an additional 70 liters per second to 17,000 people in the community. Other improvements announced by the institute is the renovation of pipelines in the aqueducts of the communities of Guadalupe and Puriscal. According to Yamileth Astorga, president of the Public Water Institute, the water deficit is aggravated due to the increased use of the liquid by the population. Between December and February, each family increased an average of 25% of consumption, about 40 liters more per person. It increased from 16.8 to 21 cubic meters on average per meter in San Jose in those two months, said Astorga. There are 357,250 people from 14 cantons of the capital that have been affected by the water cut program, according to the institute. ----------------------------------- Have you heard about water reasoning in your community? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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