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Potable water alert in Herrera

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In a press conference the governor of Herrera, Raúl Rivera, announced that although along the Parita River no dead fish were detected, the water in the flow has a whitish coloration.

Rivera said that although the first chemical samples taken from raw water did not show the presence of any type of contaminant, for security reasons it should not be consumed.

He said that additional samples were sent to the city of Panama for a deeper analysis.

Until the results are received, bottled water will be distributed to the population. “We have a contingency plan to guarantee water consumption.

The water treatment plant of Parita has a daily production of drinking water of half a million gallons, to serve a population of over 4,000 thousand people, located in Parita , Puerto Limón and other neighboring communities.

The director of the Idaan Herrera, Leysi Cedeño, said that the only water that is being sent to the homes come from a deep well located in the Chalaco sector.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/potable-water-alert-herrera

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Crisis team checking source of water supply stain

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AN INTERDISCIPLINARY team spent  Saturday morning in Herrera checking the origin of the whitish coloring that forced authorities to ban, the use of water from a regional water plant for human consumption.

Leysi de Saavedra, regional director of the Water and Sewage Authority (Idaan)  for Herrera, said that officials from the Ministry of Environment, Governance, National Civil Protection System (Sinaproc), and other institutions, are monitoring the intake of the water treatment plant.

“It has not yet been possible to define from what specific point the stain emanates”, said the official. Results of tests of the samples sent to a laboratory in the capital city will not be until Sunday, November 5.

However, he said that although the Parita water treatment plant has resumed production, the water can only be used for household chores and personal hygiene.

in addition to bottled water the delivery of drinking water has been arranged through tank cars, which are filled at the Chitré plant.

 

http://www.newsroompanama.com/news/panama/crisis-team-checking-source-stain-water-supply

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