A failure in the pumping plant caused wastewater to flow into the dam that supplies the city. Aguas Cordobesas stated that the incident does not have any impact on drinkability.
Carlos Paz was the scene of a sewage plant overflow due to a failure in the pumping plant on the waterfront. In this way, there was an overflow of sewage that moved towards the San Roque lakemain supplier of drinking water Cordova.
Despite the incident, since Cordoba Waters They assured that what happened does not generate any impact on drinkability. Cristina Barrientos, head of institutional relations of the entity stated: “It does not generate any type of impact due to the small volume it has.”.
The overflow of sewage in Carlos Paz
The incident occurred on Tuesday morning and the video of the overflow went viral on social media. Quickly, hundreds of users became concerned about the possible impact that the introduction of sewage into Lake San Roque could have. Córdoba’s main water supplier.
In detail, the overflow occurred in a plant owned by the Comprehensive Cooperative (Coopi), provider of sewer service in the mountain town, which now seeks to mitigate the impact of spills. Jorge BoidoCoopi spokesperson, explained: “A break was generated in the keys of the network that carry sewage liquids from the pumping station to the liquid treatment plant located in the Costa Azul Bypass”.
“This breakage causes the pumping system to stop and all the liquid that continues to reach the plant begins to overflow“added the cooperative member. Finally, Boido stated that “we will work with atmospheric trucks own to empty the plant and avoid more overflows.”
For their part, members of the Municipality of Carlos Paz They detailed that “very probably“The fact is reported to the Court.
Spillage and water potability
Despite the initial concern, Aguas Cordobesas authorities quickly communicated thatThe spill will have no impact on the drinking water supply.. Lake San Roque is the main supplier to Córdoba.
Barrientos explained that the company has the “power to make purification“. When it came to bringing peace of mind to the citizens, the representative of Aguas Cordobesas explained that what happened “It does not generate any type of impact due to the small volume it has.“.
Furthermore, Barrientos went one step further and also clarified that, in these cases, “the plant is trained to do this type of treatment“In any case, it is very little liquid,” he said.
For its part, Coopi was in line with what Aguas Cordobesas said and its spokesperson stated: “That water goes to the lake, but since the amount is minimal it does not affect due to the amount of water that the lake has” and then added that ” lThe Aguas Cordobesas company is in a position to treat that water even if it is affected.”.
Source: Ambito
