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CUBA
Ranchuelo waterworks pumping untreated water
RANCHUELO, Cuba - April 22 (Félix
Reyes Gutiérrez, Cubanacán
Press / www.cubanet.org) - Residents of
the El Monte district in Ranchuelo, Villa
Clara province, complain the municipal water
service is pumping untreated water from
nearby rivers since April 19.
"The water from the rivers is not
subject to any type of purification treatment,
and that has brought about as a consequence
an increase in parasites and other diseases
in the area," said Mario González,
a resident of El Monte and one of those
affected by the effects of consuming the
water.
Municipal authorities supply water only
on Thursdays, so the rest of the time residents
have to buy it from private suppliers at
a cost of 10 pesos for a 55-gallon drum.
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