2024-07-06 09:22:53
In order to ensure the Access to healthy water in rural areas of Santo Domingo, the Ministry of Environment implemented a project to repowering water boards that have reached the end of their useful life, with the support of the Municipality.
This initiative seeks not only to improve the quality of life of the communities, but also contribute to the reduction of chronic childhood malnutrition, a problem that affects this sector of the population.
Over time, the infrastructure of many of these boards has deterioratedwhich has generated problems in the distribution and quality of the liquid.
For example, the meeting in Santa Maria del Toachi It started with 40 users, now there are 650, so they need to expand storage and distribution capacity.
In beautiful valley Something similar happens. Here, the reserve and distribution tanks have about 38 years providing serviceInitially they served 100 families, now they have more than 500.
Lack of resources
Fernando Flores of the board of Valle Hermoso, He said that another of the problems they face in maintaining water tanks is thein the absence of solvency, because users do not make their payments. “Of the 500 members, only 100 pay a value of 5 dollars, money that is not enough for needs.”
David Cobos, from the Board of Light of America, He pointed out that the fuentes where they also capture the water are drying up Due to the deforestation from the wild areas.
Luis Jumbo, president of the Santa Maria del Toachi water board, He explained that the project to be implemented by the Ministry of the Environment, through the Municipality, will improve these infrastructures. (CT