Uruguay: water reserves of the main reservoir of Montevideo continue to increase

The water reserves of the Paso Severino reservoir, the main reserve that supplies Montevideo, Uruguaywhere some 1.7 million people live, continue to increase due to the rainfall in recent days, according to this Saturday’s report from the Presidency of the Republic.

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The document details that until this Saturday the figure has increased from 1,500,000 cubic meters to more than 5,000,000 although it is still far from the 67,000,000 that were registered in November 2022 and for which the Uruguayan Government decreed the water emergency.

In addition, the report also details a slight decrease in chloride levels with an average of 85 milligrams per liter in the fourth pumping line, 98 in the fifth and 79 in the sixth of the water that comes from the Santa Lucía and La Silver to supply the Paso Severino reservoir.

Meanwhile, sodium levels also registered a decrease with an average of 84 milligrams per liter in pumping line 4; 91 on line 5 and 81 on line 6.

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At this time, the maximum values ​​allowed are 720 milligrams of chloride per liter of water and 440 milligrams of sodium per liter of water.

On June 19, the Government of Uruguay decreed a water emergency in the metropolitan area. By the end of 2022, an agricultural emergency had already been decreed for livestock, dairy, horticulture, fruit growing and agriculture for a long period of time. drought.

This last decision was accompanied by various measures such as the delivery of money for the purchase of water to certain groups of vulnerable sectors and the tax exemption for the bottled water.

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This led to a 6.25 liter drum of water will go from costing 129 Uruguayan pesos (3.27 dollars) to 89 Uruguayan pesos (2.25 dollars).

In addition, the creation of the Water Emergency Fund and the construction of a project to bring water from the San José River to the Aguas Corrientes water treatment plant were announced.

Source: Elcomercio

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