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Santo Domingo.- It will be no sooner than Monday morning when the water service from the Valdesia dam’s aqueduct will be restored, affirmed Santo Domingo Aqueduct (CAASD) director Freddy Perez on Wednesday.

He said a well driller damaged the water main west of the city on 27 de Febrero Av., where the lack of spares forced the contractor to resort to a concrete and rubber patch.

Speaking to the press in the National Palace, Perez said crews have worked for two days to unearth the damaged pipe, whose manufacturer promised to deliver the replacement joint by noon Friday

He said the flow will be opened gradually to prevent an explosion from the accumulated air. “We have the solution. We’re working day and night but we continue to ask the population to save water which we’re supplying with just one pipe and our trucks.”

Perez added that drilling trucks have damaged 16 to 20-inch pipes five times in less than one month.

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7 comment(s)
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 10:45 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


Can't fix a water pipe but we have a METRO!


Written by: Ricardolito, 10 May 2012 11:22 AM
From: Dominican Republic, calle A.Portes
the water pipes were deliberate sabotaged and are being fixed while at the same time water is continuing to flow to residents but not a lot ,,what sort of people would deliberately drill into water pipes 6 times ..probably a stupid attempt to try and make voters dissatisfied with the administration.After decades of no progress in the DR , finally the LF administation has provided new highways , two new metro lines , hundreds of new bridges and viaducts , fresh water to many towns and upgraded water services in san pedro , la Romana and elsewhere and even has provided many new class rooms on an education budget that has increased every yearbut is still not enough .And all Josean can do is complain all the time because he has elected not tolive in the DR but simply be an external critic ...It would be dreadful if ever he was ever asked to do anything for the DR ..he would not know how
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 11:37 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016



Now 8 years of mismanagement and allowing people to drill without permits or accepting a bribe constitutes SABOTAGE!


Spin, Baby Spin!

Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 11:52 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016


That certainly disqualifies you ATEITA!

Written by: anthonyC, 10 May 2012 12:49 PM
From: United States
Come on Josean.....Which one of your PRD Buddies did the sabotage?
Written by: RoyStone, 10 May 2012 1:05 PM
From: Australia
Thank God beer supplies have not been interrupted.
Written by: josean, 10 May 2012 1:16 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
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