At the closing of a training course held for the staff of the Decentralized Entity of Sanitary Works (EDOS), the mayor Enrique Cresto called for deepening awareness regarding the responsible use of drinking water. The training was related to the calculation and distribution of the drinking water network and was attended by Engineer Eduardo Schiapacasse, from the Popular Cooperative Limited Society of Comodoro Rivadavia and delegate of the Federation of Sanitary Works Workers. The directors of EDOS, Juan José Grigolato and Mireya López Bernis, and the Cabinet Coordinator, María de los Ángeles Petit, together with the mayor, presented the certificates to the workers who completed the training.
Cresto highlighted the good work that the entire operational area of EDOS has been carrying out, since at the beginning of the administration they had to experience two extremes, such as the floods and the subsequent drought that brought drinking water supply problems to the city. But it was on this last point that the mayor stated that there must be a cultural change regarding the responsible use of the resource, because even if the Municipality manages works, if there is no care for the water, it will never be enough.
“In the areas of Concordia that have meters, they do not have water problems. Because the current drinking water plant is better than many in other places and even if we build the other one, which means an investment of 600 million pesos, if people do not take care of the water, it will not be enough,” hence the request for the community to make responsible use of it. “This is not a matter of quantity but of austere management of resources,” he emphasized.
He also indicated that they have been working “from the first day so that EDOS has prestige with trained personnel and we have been able to advance during the year with the acquisition of trucks and machines” that allow for improving the service provided to the Concordia community “and which we bought with resources from the Municipality and Sanitary Works.”
For his part, Engineer Schiapacasse pointed out that the training was focused on the calculation and distribution of the drinking water network, highlighting that it is “a service that requires a lot of investment and the personnel who work in it must be trained because a new challenge arises every day,” noting that the problems of sanitary works “are seen when there are issues with the water or when there is a sewage overflow on public roads, but the workers, 24 hours a day, all year round, are providing water to the community and that must be highlighted because you can see their commitment.”