The Decentralized Sanitary Works Entity (EDOS) has successfully completed the repair of the Roca aqueduct, and service will gradually return to normal in the affected neighborhoods.
In the early afternoon this Monday, the water supply in the northwest area of the city will begin to normalize, once the repair work on the Roca aqueduct, which has been carried out since the morning, is completed.
The External Installations Division reported that it has successfully completed the repair of the main supply pipe of the Roca aqueduct. The Electricity Division of the Water Treatment Plant started the pumps so that the service can begin to normalize in the affected neighborhoods.
The Roca Aqueduct has presented several problems since its commissioning, and for this reason, the ENOHSA (National Entity for Water Works and Sanitation) proceeded to study the reason for the frequent breaks in the system.
The problems are concentrated at the outlet of the borehole pumping station, as in the case of the recent break.
DESCRIPTION OF THE AQUEDUCT SYSTEM
The drinking water supply system of the General Roca Aqueduct is designed to provide drinking water to the Agua Patito, Villa Cresto, Los Pájaros, ex López, San Francisco oeste, San Francisco este, Fátima, Constitución, San Jorge, Sarmiento, El Tero, and San Miguel neighborhoods.
The system is initially composed of two boreholes with deep-well pumps, a 1,600 m3 concrete cistern, from where the chlorinated drinking water is pumped into the cistern by means of four pumping units installed in parallel that send water with two or three units operating simultaneously and one backup pump.
The entire system operated controlled by telemetry devices that are currently out of service because lightning struck the facilities at the beginning of 2019. At the end of 2020, a telemetry and automation system for one of the pumps was installed by EDOS, but the system was decommissioned due to electrical discharges.
The system never operated satisfactorily due to various failures, especially the frequent breakage of the aqueduct at different points and the cracks present in the cistern, which have occurred since the beginning of its operation.
Currently, EDOS is in the stage of recovering the system after the deterioration it suffered due to lack of maintenance.
In the early afternoon this Monday, the water supply in the northwest area of the city will begin to normalize, once the repair work on the Roca aqueduct, which has been carried out since the morning, is completed.
The External Installations Division reported that it has successfully completed the repair of the main supply pipe of the Roca aqueduct. The Electricity Division of the Water Treatment Plant started the pumps so that the service can begin to normalize in the affected neighborhoods.
The Roca Aqueduct has presented several problems since its commissioning, and for this reason, the ENOHSA (National Entity for Water Works and Sanitation) proceeded to study the reason for the frequent breaks in the system.
The problems are concentrated at the outlet of the borehole pumping station, as in the case of the recent break.
DESCRIPTION OF THE AQUEDUCT SYSTEM
The drinking water supply system of the General Roca Aqueduct is designed to provide drinking water to the Agua Patito, Villa Cresto, Los Pájaros, ex López, San Francisco oeste, San Francisco este, Fátima, Constitución, San Jorge, Sarmiento, El Tero, and San Miguel neighborhoods.
The system is initially composed of two boreholes with deep-well pumps, a 1,600 m3 concrete cistern, from where the chlorinated drinking water is pumped into the cistern by means of four pumping units installed in parallel that send water with two or three units operating simultaneously and one backup pump.
The entire system operated controlled by telemetry devices that are currently out of service because lightning struck the facilities at the beginning of 2019. At the end of 2020, a telemetry and automation system for one of the pumps was installed by EDOS, but the system was decommissioned due to electrical discharges.
The system never operated satisfactorily due to various failures, especially the frequent breakage of the aqueduct at different points and the cracks present in the cistern, which have occurred since the beginning of its operation.
Currently, EDOS is in the stage of recovering the system after the deterioration it suffered due to lack of maintenance.