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  • Mexico-Restrict drinking water in five municipalities of Sinaloa due to lowering of groundwater.


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    Restrict drinking water in five municipalities of Sinaloa due to lowering of groundwater.

    With the exception of rural municipalities Ahome, Angostura, Guasave and Navolato, in the rest of the state is facing serious problems due to the lowering of the groundwater, so that various agencies, including DIF, began a campaign to Bottled water collection


    Friday May 18, 2012
    Javier Cabrera and Aldaz Phen?lope / Correspondent and shipped | The Universal


    Culiacan. The severe drought in Sinaloa has left without water for 116 000 inhabitants of 14 rural municipalities, where supply tank trucks a day just over 19 thousand liters of liquid and is expected to be restricted to 15 days in home networks this resource Culiacan, Guasave, Los Mochis and Mazatlan, the most important cities of the entity.

    The executive member of the State Commission on Water Supply and Sewerage, Jose Antonio Perez, said that due to the drought this year, the shortage of drinking water in rural communities came to a head two months ahead of schedule, so we designed a scheme supply with "pipes" to mitigate the needs of residents.

    With the exception of rural municipalities Ahome, Angostura, Guasave and Navolato, in the rest of the state is facing serious problems due to the lowering of the groundwater, so that various agencies, including DIF, began a campaign to collect bottled water.

    In recent days, 168,000 liters of bottled water donated by the public and private agencies to the State System DIF were distributed among residents of 434 rural villages in 14 of the 18 municipalities that make up the state, which also maintains a closely monitored to prevent the dispensed liquid is diverted for use in livestock.

    According to the National Water Commission, the 11 dams in the state totaling around 109 million thousand cubic meters, just enough to ensure human consumption, and was banned from Saturday agricultural irrigation.

    The mayor of Culiacan, Aaron Loaiza Rivas reported that the Water Board inspects city continuously to prevent people from using the liquid for watering gardens or washing cars by drastic penalties.

    Dry wells and springs

    The delegation of Guanajuato Sedesol said at least 60 000 inhabitants of 500 communities have no water because the wells and springs dried up and have to settle for delivery via tank trucks.

    According Sedesol, these communities belong to the municipalities of Atarjea, Celaya, Doctor Mora, Ocampo, Jer?cuaro, Santa Catarina, Tierra Blanca, Xich?, San Felipe, Dolores Hidalgo, Penjamo, Guanajuato, Manuel Bending, San Luis de la Paz, Valley Santiago and Santa Cruz de Juventino Rosas.
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