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09-25-2006, 05:20 PM
About 92% of Santo Domingo's water supply system is pumped using electricity. Therefore, when the lights go out, so does the water supply. According to Hoy newspaper, the director general of the system, CAASD, said that the corporation will have to look for the financial resources to provide stable electricity for the waterworks. Richard Martinez said that people should also use water more wisely and to ration their use and avoid waste. Martinez said that with the stand-by power that the CAASD currently uses, the corporation is not capable of supplying the public with sufficient water. The director did have some good news. The Haina-Manoguayabo connection that provides 72 million gallons for the system has been refurbished and one of the two treatment plants has been reconditioned. The reconditioning of a second treatment plant will be completed in the next 30 days.
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