He President Luis Lacalle Pou referred to the combat of the water emergency in Montevideo and the metropolitan area of Uruguay and considered that, regardless of whether there is rain or not, “there is good quality water” guaranteed for a month and a half or two months, largely thanks to the works for the transfer from the river Saint Joseph to him St. Lucia.
in the accounts of Lacalle Pou reserves appear Severino Pass, those of running waters and the brand new transfer of fresh water from the river Saint Joseph. “I hope it rains, but if it doesn’t we have some peace of mind for a month and a half or two of good quality, drinkable water, like the one that is coming out today in Montevideo and Canelones”, stressed the president.
The forecasts of the Head of State occur at times when the water crisis seems to give up, with an improvement in the reserves of Severine Pass and the aforementioned beginning of the transfer of water to the river St. Lucia, which he described as “a fairly important work for the country”, with an investment of more than 20 million dollars.
To all this is added the long arrival and commissioning of the desalination plant of the UTEC, from USA. “Hopefully it won’t be long until the end of the water emergency”, desire Lacalle Pou in his message to the press.
Thanks to the works, the country added elements to combat the water crisis
Among the actions promoted by the government to present battle against the water Crisis, that recently added a new credit to continue with works in this sense, the transfer work appears, which will contribute 200,000 cubic meters per day and will not be provisional, but will be maintained, as indicated by SBI, considering that it can function as “a Severine Pass additional”.
Added to this work, which took just over a month to complete, is the desalination plant of the UTEC, installed in Salinas, Cannelloni. After a bumpy arrival from USA, It is already operational and can purify 150,000 liters of water per day. From SBI They pointed out that it is a portable unit, so it can be transported with a trailer to different parts of the territory.
In addition, the project appears on the horizon Arazati, the initiative promoted by the government as a solution to the lack of drinking water. However, days ago the Location Environmental Viability Report, prepared by the consulting firm CSI Ingenieros and presented by SBI, demonstrated that its construction could cause 93 types of environmental impacts in the area, of which 27 present a “significant negative potential”.
Source: Ambito
