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08-13-2007, 04:30 PM
The recent rains seem to have proved that the rebuilding and rerouting of the Guajimia Creek are serving their purpose. This time nobody was flooded out, according to Listin Diario, and the Civil Defense was not needed to rescue people from flooding buildings. The Dessau-Soprim Company, responsible for the clean-up of the creek bed and the shoring up of the banks is still at work on both the Guajimia and El Indio creeks, but just a few months ago a similar rainstorm would have had rescuers hard at work. Local residents seemed pleased with the results, according to Listin reporter Bethania Apolinar. Santo Domingo Water and Sewer Authority (CAASD) director Richard Martinez told reporters that huge new steel tubing was being placed in El Indio Creek to control the waters and that work was scheduled to finish in 2009.
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