After a small increase in salinity in the last report, chloride and sodium levels dropped again.
The water reserves of Severine Pass continue to rise, according to the report on Water Emergency published by Presidency, at the same time as consumption continues to grow and salinity levels continue to chase downward numbers.
After weeks of bad news regarding the amount of drinking water available for the metropolitan area and Montevideo, the landscape begins to change for the country’s main drinking water reserve. According to the latest Presidency report on the water crisis, Severine Pass currently has 7,855,191 cubic meters of reserves in front of the 7,330,196 of the last part, representing a 7.1% increase in one day.
On the other hand, and in relation to the growth of reserves, the consumption of the population continues to grow with 505,479 cubic meters per day, compared to 504,819 cubic meters yesterday, obtaining a gradual increase of 0.1%.
For more than a week, precisely since the 10th of this month, the salinity in the water began to drop considerably until Sunday, when some of the lowest levels were recorded according to the standards imposed by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) of 720mg/l for chlorides, and 440mg/l for sodium. In the penultimate report there was a small increase in salinity levels that dropped again in the last part.
According to the latest report, the pumping line 4 that supplies the center of the capital of the country, the measurement of the daily average of chlorides reached 80mg/l and the 82mg/l of sodium. In the pumping line 5 that supplies water to the western zone of Montevideo and surroundings, the chlorides reached 94mg/l and sodium to 89mg/l. In turn, in the pump line 6 that supplies the east of the capital and its surroundings, the daily records of chlorides were 77mg/l and those of sodium 80mg/l.
Is the water crisis behind us?
Yesterday, the Secretary of the Presidency, Álvaro Delgado, He assured that the water crisis left its “peak” behind. In this way, he alluded to the significant improvement in the quality of the water supplied by SBI and the increase in reserves in Severine Pass and indicated: “We have a very different picture.”
In any case, the hierarch called “continue working as if this situation could continue without raining for a long time” and pointed out that the government “is responsible for doing so.”
Source: Ambito
