Although municipal authorities promised to work on a solution, it has not arrived
Faced with water shortages in San Juan Cosalá, citizens opt to get containers for water. Photo: Alma Serrano
Alma Serrano (San Juan Cosalá).- The drought is worsening and the solutions have not arrived. Inhabitants of the delegation of San Juan Cosalá continue to suffer from the shortage of drinking water.
After the collapse of the Zaragoza well in March of last year and the usual shortage typical of the hot season, the people of San Juan Cosalá have had to adapt to living with the limited availability of water.
«I bought a tub that holds about 200 liters of water to conserve it when there is nothing. We use it to wash dishes normally, and when there is no water in the water tank, we also use it for the bathroom, because there is not always enough to wash clothes, so in the house we wash practically what we need because we don’t know when we will have no water,» commented a 60 year old resident.
Although both the operator of Agua Potable, Samuel Tolentino Alvarado, and the delegate, Carlos Vázquez Reyes, said that they were working to solve the problem, so far the shortage persists.
Citizens say that they have had at least four months with little water and they are dissatisfied with the action to solve the problem.
«It’s been a long time and you get tired of hauling water, of being aware of when there will be water, of managing and prioritizing it, and there has been no solution,» said an annoyed resident.
It was last March 13 when the municipal authorities announced the collapse of the Zaragoza well due to a failure in the motor, severely affecting the supply of drinking water to the homes in San Juan Cosalá.
«The motor was damaged because the well is throwing a lot of sand and the sand gets inside the motor, and while it is being sucked up it jams it. The operators have to remove the motor and maybe they will restore the well or build a new structure to put in another motor», explained Samuel Tolentino, the water operator.
Translated by Patrick O’Heffernan
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