The dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Álvaro Mombrú, anticipated that the water emergency “will last a long time.”
He Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, Álvaro Mombrú, admitted that “I would not recommend” drinking OSE water if they continue to rise maximum allowed values of sodium and chloride in the supply, as the government is analyzing to authorize in the next few hours, in the framework of the water emergency that affects Uruguay.
The specialist, who had recently endorsed the disinfection process of the service to deal with the water crisis in Montevideo and the metropolitan area, asked people “not to believe that this is transitory.” Regarding the water emergency, in dialogue with Radio Carve, he anticipated: “It’s going to last a long time.”
Then, in statements to Underlined, Mombrú revealed that “In a personal capacity, I would not recommend that type of water intake at this time, with levels as high as those advertised”. It is that he considered that its consumption can affect the kidneys and warned: “There are many people who are hypertensive and do not know it.”
In the future, the dean of the Faculty of Chemistry maintained that “People have to understand that it’s not going to rain quickly.” In addition, he added: “When it rains, it will not be solved, it is a critical situation. We have to realize that this is going to take a long time, maybe the whole year, for it to end up normalizing.”
What does the latest Presidency report say about the water emergency?
He Presidency report of this Wednesday regarding the quality of OSE’s water, indicated that once again Chloride and sodium values above the maximum allowed. It was in the fifth pumping line, where 749 mg/l and 456 mg/l were registered, while they were within the limits allowed in the fourth and sixth lines.
On the other hand, as regards the total daily consumption, it was reported that the total in the metropolitan area was 532,850 cubic meters in the last 24 hours, about 8,000 less than Tuesday. While, The reserves of the Paso Severino dam fell again. After some 134,000 cubic meters fell, 2,753,795 cubic meters remained, about 4.24% of the total.
Source: Ambito
