The supply problems drinking water and the consequences of the increase in salinity of the same confronted in the last hours the President of the Republic, Luis Lacalle Pouand the mayor of Montevideo, Caroline Cosse.
Cosse accused the national government of late measures in reference to the announcements to guarantee the provision of bottled water to vulnerable sectors. A criticism to which Lacalle Pou reacted by describing it as “predictable”.
“It’s so predictable. We are here to work, not to criticize. I would have so much to criticize. I made them a chronology of everything they said they were going to do and didn’t get done. They did the Antel Arena and it cost twice as much. We have to be all on top of the boat and not puncture the boat”, said the president, reported Underlined.
The mayor of Montevideo continued with the crossing and today used her Twitter account to respond to Lacalle Pou. “We are here to collaborate. Stopped ship does not earn freight“, wrote.
“Yesterday afternoon I informed the president that the IM is surveying all the public and private water wells in Montevideo, in addition to analyzing samples. I made that information and our technicians available”, adds Cosse’s publication.
The provision of salt water by SBI As part of the strategy to extend the drinking water reserves, it has dominated the political week in Uruguay, with exchanges of accusations between the ruling party and the opposition, and even between directors of the state agencies involved.
Yesterday, the Minister of the Environment, Roberto Bouvieracknowledged that the water supplied by the National Administration of State Sanitation Works “ it is not drinkable”, although he pointed out that he did “it is drinkable and consumable”.
The state company increased the salinity levels in the mixture for the second time to make the reserves last longer, which are scarce as a result of the drought. “There is a very strict, very professional definition made by the Minister of Public Health (Karina Rando)”, raised the hierarch when asked about the potability of the water.
Source: Ambito
