Government sources reported that, by instruction of the governor, the Public Services Regulatory Entity (Enresp) issued resolution 1653/22, through which ordered the company Aguas del Norte to suspend the billing of the sanitation service in the department of San Martin.
The measure was ordered by the exceptional state of water emergency “that caused a serious impact on the service sanitary”, particularly to that area of the province.
The Itiyuro dam and the Bermejo river record a historic downspoutTherefore, the company that provides the service carries out cleaning and maintenance tasks and an intensive plan to mitigate the effects of the severe drought that is affecting the province and the country.
The Itiyuro dam is the main source of water supply in the department of San Martínand the downspout that registers It is the worst in the last 50 years.as a consequence of the extreme drought that affects 60% percent of the national territory.
For this reason, the Tartagal water treatment plant works at 50 percent of its capacity.
In addition to the suspension of billing, Enresp adopted complementary measures aimed at mitigating the impact caused by the serious situation due to lack of water.
Thus, No cuts or restrictions of the health service can be made in case of delay or non-payment during the mentioned period. Also scheduled outages are exceptionally suspended about the service electricity and drinking water in the affected areas.
Also, it will provide alternative water delivery service ysThe amount of one thousand liters of potable water per household was established as a quota for human consumption.
The spokespersons explained that the company must identifyamong other details, the critical areas, the places where the tankers will be available, the loading points, the trucks affected and the delivery schedule alternative in the department of San Martín.
Additionally, Enresp asked the Secretariat of Water Resources to arbitrate the means necessary to give sourcing priority and eventually order the restriction of other uses that could compromise the accessibility of the service to residential users of the San Martín department.
Meanwhile, tomorrow begins a joint operation between the Government of the province and the Argentine Army to distribute safe water in Tartagal, with 14 trucks, in a job that will be extended to the communities of General Ballivián, Alto La Sierra and Santa María.
Besides 14 trucks for water distributionthis operation will have 3 water treatment plants of different capacities, 4×4 trucks, 6 tanks of 2,000 liters, 3 of 10,000 litersfood and medical supplies.
Yesterday, the provincial senators gave half a sanction to the project of declaration of a state of water emergency due to water scarcity throughout the territory of the province of Salta, for a period of one year, to provide the Executive Branch with instruments to alleviate the situation of extreme drought that is being recorded.
At the same time, the Water Emergency Committee for the San Martín department, to address the effects of the severe drought
This committee will be under the coordination of Aguas del Norte, and will be made up of the secretariats of Water Resources, Health, Security, Indigenous Affairs, Enresp, the Army and the municipalities of the department.
Source: Ambito
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