In order to get water supplies, neighbors have had to pay for water delivery trucks
Due to the lack of water, neighbors in the center of the delegation have had to pay for water delivery trucks for their water supply. Photo: Alma Serrano.
Alma Serrano(San Juan Cosalá).- Residents of the San Juan Cosalá delegation in the municipality of Jocotepec, have been suffering from a shortage of drinking water for months, and the problem has worsened during the dry season.
Even before the failure of the engine on the Zaragoza well registered on March 13, residents said they live with little availability of the liquid, which has forced them to spend on water delivery trucks to supply their demand.
«I have a lot of water containers to cope with the little water that is arriving, because some days there is no water, some days there is; or a trickle of water arrives all day. It is not enough, we have to pay for water delivery every two weeks or there is no way to bathe or wash the dishes,» said an annoyed citizen.
Those interviewed said they considered it unfair to pay for a service they do not receive. Also, distribution of water in the delegation is unequal, because a few enjoy a lot of water while the majority lives without enough.
«I am not going to bathe in the lake, nor am I going to wash there. Before we did not have to pay for it, but now we pay and they have to send us water in bulk, commented another person affected by the shortage.
The water operator in San Juan Cosalá, Samuel Tolentino, said that after repairs, the Zaragoza well is working again though only at 75 percent of its capacity, which has caused the population to get water by other means. Tolentino considers that the only solution to the shortage is to drill another well.
«The water well (Zaragoza) is working at 75 percent because it is pumping a lot of sand. The solution would be a new well,» he said.
Translated by Elisabeth Shields
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