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Water service interrupted in San Antonio
de los Baņos
HAVANA, March 22 (www.cubanet.org) Residents
of San Antonio de los Baños had to
make do without running water for over two
days at the beginning of the month when
the service was shut off for repairs to
the almost 100-year-old aqueduct.
The quality of the water service has been
declining for most of the last decade; residents
say that in the church, water pressure alone
was enough to deliver water to the top of
the building, whereas now the head of water
will not rise above six feet.
San Antonio lies on the Ariguanabo river
valley, and has plenty of subsurface water.
The problem with its water system has more
to do with deferred or ignored maintenance.
Almost all pipes have leaks, which not only
result in lost water pressure, but deposit
water in puddles in numerous spots in town.
The only repairs performed recently were
done years ago around the area of the supply
wells.
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