Hydraulic breakdown in Santa Clara, after fire in Palmarito water pipeline areas

A hydraulic breakdown in the city ofSaint Clare was the balance of afire occurred in areas of the conductivewater Palmarito, belonging to the Hanabanilla system, according to a local media report

The incident originated this Saturday on the access road to the Los Caneyes hotel in Santa Clara and caused a breakdown in a 630-millimeter PAD pipe of the aforementioned water pipeline, the local station reported.CMHW.

The breakdown left the José Martí and Manuelita neighborhoods without water service, in addition to flooding areas of the Los Caneyes hotel, the director of the Aqueduct in that province, Vladimir Santaya Santana, told the aforementioned media.

He also said that specialized teams and other resources from Matanzas and Cienfuegos were mobilized to begin the repair of the water pipeline.

However, he clarified that the Hanabanilla system would continue to function because it was not necessary to stop it for this work on the driver.

The director of the Los Caneyes hotel, Diego Hernández, also assured that shortly after the floods, the areas were cleaned and the facility began to provide services without difficulties.

This month, residents in the city of Santa Clara were also affected in their water service due to broken pumping equipment.

In the profile ofFacebook From the aforementioned medium, a user commented that “it is always fashionable this season to shine a light everywhere, without permission and without considering the consequences. Days ago the city swallowed an excess of smoke... and nothing. Nobody answers for anything. The disorder in the "little room" continues everywhere and no one 'bells the cat'."

“That is one of the reasons why the depths must be respected when placing polyethylene pipes. It is a petroleum derivative, therefore it is highly flammable. What a pity the impact on the service and resources for repair,” said one Internet user.

On January 15, it was reported that 86,650 inhabitants of the capital of Villa Clara who are supplied by the Minerva-Ochoíta System were receiving water in tank cars.due to damage to water pumping systems.

At the Ochoíta water treatment plant, on January 7, two of its three machines collapsed, so the Minerva station had to stop pumping to the site and allow only two of its equipment to operate.

These machinery suffer from overexploitation and lack of adequate maintenance, explained Santaya Santana, who also warned that the definitive solution to this repeated crisis will take place when the pumping and purification equipment of the main systems of Villa Clara are replaced, something that by Now the Cuban government has not contemplated it.

In total, almost 100 thousand inhabitants of that province received water through tankers at that time.

The delegate for Hydraulic Resources in this territory, Lisardo González Saavedra, writes the official newspaperVanguard that the municipalities most affected by equipment breakage were Camajuaní, Santa Clara, Ranchuelo and Manicaragua.

The crisis, whose main cause is the technical deterioration of the pumping equipment, caused Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Inés María Chapman to travel to that province to analyze with local authorities the problems withthe water supply that are constant in that province.

Last October, the Marta Abreu de Las Villas Central University (UCLV) decidedsuspend the entry of boarding students and planned teaching activities, due to a previous break in the Minerva-Ochoíta pipeline.