The undersecretary of the Environment, Gerardo Amarilla, was optimistic after the increase in reserves and the closing of the gates in Paso Severino.
The improvement in the water reserves that led to the closure of gates in Severine Pass would lead to a quality improvement of the supply it provides OSE in Montevideo and the metropolitan area of Uruguay, as admitted by the government.
This is how he expressed it Undersecretary of the Environment, Gerardo Amarilla, who pointed out in dialogue with Underlined that “prospects are good” after the rains of the last few days and anticipated that “surely the quality will improve in all aspects”, referring to the sodium and chloride levels and the increase in salinity of previous days.
Referring to the closure of the gates in Paso Severino, Amarilla stressed that “this allows us to have a reserve that is estimated to grow between one and a half and two million more in the next few days as a result of the rains that have occurred these hours. In this regard, he specified that now “they are used the reserves of the Santa Lucía Grande that come from mines, along with what is pumped from downstream of the dam Belastiqui”.
Referring to the improvement in salinity, he explained that “there is more fresh water in the whole basin” and, although he admitted that “when it comes with great force, the water removes the nutrients from the river bed,” he clarified that OSE “has all the implements in the running water plant to treat it and leave it in perfect conditions for human consumption”.
Paso Severino reserves continue to rise
Meanwhile, according to the report of Presidency Within the framework of the water emergency, the reserves of Paso Severino registered a new increase and are in 2,581,204 cubic meters, what represents a 3.85% of the total.
In turn, the total consumption of water in the capital and its surroundings was 492,370 cubic meters today, while the sodium and chloride levels remained within the values allowed by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP).
Source: Ambito
