The Minister of Public Health, Karina Rando, confirmed that its consumption is suitable for all people who belong to risk groups.
He Ministry of Public Health (MSP) reported that the water supplied by SBI returned to be drinkable for the entire population after the cessation of the water emergency in Montevideo and the metropolitan area.
In a brief official statement dated today, the MSP indicated that “in response to the queries received, the Ministry of Public Health reports that, after the end of the water emergency, there are no restrictions whatsoever on the consumption of water from SBI“.
This was also confirmed today by the minister herself, Karina Randoin an interview on Radio Sarandí, in which he clarified that “the water from SBI It has been drinkable for a long time, several weeks ago”.
“The water is completely drinkable,” insisted the head of the MSP, adding that “in addition to being drinkable, it has very low levels of sodium and chloride, so the population can be calm about consuming it, all risk groups, as they did before the water crisis”.
Likewise, Rando highlighted that SBI It is complying, “without any problem” with the regulation of controls on water through sampling.
The Dean of Medicine maintained that the OSE water is fit to be drunk
Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of the Republic (udelar), Arturo Brivamaintained in an interview with Canal 5 that the water from SBI it is ready to be drunk by the entire population, after it returned to the previous quality standard.
According to Briva, based on the analysis of the Regulatory Unit for Energy and Water Services (ursea), and from the reports of the technicians of the Faculty of Chemistry of Udelar, it was possible to identify that the chloride and sodium levels are “within historical ranges”.
Source: Ambito
