Government sells bottled water after almost a month of shortages in Caibarién.

The Cuban government, through the Foreign Currency Collection Stores (TRD), has begun selling bottled water to residents of the Van Toy 2 neighborhood in the municipality of Caibarién, Villa Clara, who are suffering from acrisis in access to the vital liquid for approximately a monthI'm sorry, but there is no text provided for translation. Please provide the text you would like me to translate.

"It is difficult and concerning that we have to buy bottled water, but we have organized ourselves among neighbors to place a joint order and thus reduce costs. The unity has helped us cope with this situation," said neighbor María González to official journalist Henry Omar Pérez.

"Children are our priority. We have always had water at home and now we have to adapt our routine. Thank God we can still get bottled water, although it's not ideal," was another comment posted by the journalist on his Facebook profile.

Both criteria shared by Pérez highlight a resignation regarding the water scarcity in the municipality, a situation that differs from the constant complaints published on social media that aim to absolve the regime of its responsibility.

According to images shared on various official profiles, the sale of water gallons is done through the food rationing booklet, and the cost of five-liter water gallons is 85 Cuban pesos.

They have received 4,255 gallons of water, reported María del Rosario Urbay Ceballos, deputy mayor of the Administration Council to the official media in Villa Clara. "We have prioritized children aged zero to 13 years, and then we will begin to assist elderly people living alone, pregnant women, and vulnerable families," adds Urbay Ceballos.

According to the commercial manager of TRD in that municipality, Yoarkis López González, they are aware of the water needs of the people, for over a month.

"We have intensified our efforts to ensure that access to bottled water is as efficient as possible. In addition, we maintain a constant dialogue with local authorities to find ways to improve the situation," Pérez shared.

He also said that "it is essential for neighbors to continue coming together and coordinating their efforts. From TRD, we are here to facilitate access and ensure that every family can obtain the water they need."

At the close of this information, the government stated that 16 more truckloads of water were arriving, which represented 7,200 bottles of one and a half liters of water.

Likewise, the CNTV telecenter reported that "the pump installed in Pozo Ocho is operating within normal parameters," predicting that "the water should reach Caibarién within two hours of the start of pumping."

Due to the water shortage, residents of some neighborhoods in Cuba have closed streets and held peaceful protests to draw the government's attention.

That's what the neighbors of San Miguel del Padrón did, in Havana, who, desperate and outraged by the lack of water for more than two weeks, went out to protest and blocked streets in their neighborhoods.

Currently, over 600,000 Cubans are without access to potable water supply services, and the Hydraulic Resources Institute blames the energy crisis affecting the country.

The president of the Business Group of Water and Sanitation, José Antonio Hernández Álvarez, acknowledged that the water supply is in a critical situation in Cuba but assures that the main problem is the continuous power outages that cause failures in the pumping system.