The National Administration of State Sanitary Works (OSE) confirmed the purchase of an application by $40 million (plus VAT) to assist in the distribution of bottled water in the event that the metropolitan area and Montevideo run out of reserves.
The water crises continue to cause unforeseen expenses for the state company and the government itself Uruguayan government. This time, he played technology investment which will help OSE and the State to distribute bottled water to the population in an organized manner, in the event that the rains continue to be insufficient and the reserves end up running out.
OSE’s board of directors approved the purchase of a software for 40 million pesos (plus VAT) to the technology company Probe. This will have the objective of organizing the supply of bottled or subsidized drinking water through an application available to Montevideans and the population of the metropolitan area.
The application it would be installed in the cell phones of citizens and will have a certain amount as a credit to spend on bottled water. The credit will be used in businesses that sell water and will allow them to buy it at no cost or at a subsidized price. The amount of credit or the percentage of subsidy will depend on the decision of the government, in case the application starts to be used.
Increases of up to 3.9% per week on bottled water
According to the report of the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) in the last survey of Consumer Price Information System (SIPC), the increase was 0.81% in the case of bottles, which were sold at an average of 62.60 pesos, while it reached 1.22% in the case of drums, sold at an average of 124.60 pesos. Meanwhile, sparkling water reduced its price by 1.08% (64.20 pesos).
If the report that contemplates data between June 1 and 7 is compared with that of the previous week, the product that increased the most during that period was the 6-liter drum of Nativa, which increased 3.94%, going from an average of 111.60 pesos to 116 pesos.
Among the still waters was followed by the 2.5-liter bottle of Vitale, with a rise of 1.33%; the 2.25-liter Salus, which became more expensive 1%; and the 6.25-litre Salus drum, which barely increased 0.08%. Meanwhile, the 2.5-liter bottle of Matutina maintained its value.
Focusing on sparkling waters, the report revealed an increase in 2.46% for the 2.5-liter bottle of Matutina, followed by an increase in the price of 1.14% on the 2.25-litre Salus, while the 2.5-litre Nativa dropped in price by 0.30%. In fact, when comparing the average sparkling table water for this month with the same period in 2022, an increase in 10.4%.
Source: Ambito
