The dam exceeded 9 million cubic meters and the quality of OSE’s supply continues within the permitted parameters.
The water crisis seems to be letting up Montevideo and the metropolitan area of Uruguay, to such an extent that the levels of salinity of the supply of SBI continue to be below the permitted limits for chlorides and sodium, while the Paso Severino reserves they keep getting thicker.
According to the latest report of Presidency, that relieves this information from the declaration of the water emergency, the level of the main dam that supplies the capital and its surroundings reached 9,058,685 cubic meterswhich is equivalent to a 13.52% of its total flow and seems to leave behind the most worrying times, when that amount was close to 2%.
On a day in which the daily consumption of the population was 531,750 cubic meters, all pumping lines showed a small rise compared to the previous day, although with records well below the maximums allowed by the Ministry of Public Health (MSP) 720 mg/l for chlorides and 440 mg/l for sodium.
In this salinity improvement framework, pumping line 4 presented 128 mg/l of chloride and 108 mg/l of sodium, while line 5 presented 109 mg/l of chloride and 97 mg/l of sodium and line 6 exhibited 116 mg/l and 101 mg/l, respectively.
With the water truce, are the relief measures for the vulnerable population ending?
After the arrival of the rains and the improvement in the OSE service, a water truce begins to be experienced and from the Ministry of Social Development (Mides) they start to analyze continuity the extent to which the government provides access to two liters of bottled water per day to the vulnerable population living in Montevideo and Canelones.
In recent days, the minister Martin Motto reported that the Executive guaranteed the purchase of more than 35 million liters of that product, benefiting 540,000 people through monetary transfers to members of programs such as the Family Allowance of the Equity Plan, Uruguay Social Card and Old Age Assistance, as well as retirees and pensioners with the lowest incomes.
It also made the payment of a third item, which includes pregnant, under two years and people who make up the Support Program for Chronically ill, covering the acquisition of 60 liters of water per month to each person.
Source: Ambito
