Pipe collapse in Havana leaves six municipalities without water

The breakage of a pipe in Havana's hydraulic networks has left six of its municipalities without water.

On Saturday, brigades of large drivers from the Aguas de La Habana Company worked at the Cuenca Sur supply source, to repair a 78-inch conduit damaged by electrical failure in the system.

As reported in Facebook the provincial government, the breakdown occurred on Thursday and affected the service in six municipalities: Habana del Este, Diez de Octubre, Habana Vieja, Cerro, Plaza de la Revolución and Boyeros.

The official note indicated that work was being done uninterruptedly to restore service in the shortest time possible.

As an alternative solution, the authorities arranged pipe trucks to bring water to communities that on Saturday had already been without supplies for three days.

Leonel Díaz Hernández, head of the sector in the capital, specified that the service will be restored gradually and that the work will not stop until the repair of the fault is completed.