Africa-Press – Angola. The water supply to several neighborhoods in the municipality of Cacuaco, which have been deprived of the product for weeks, can be restored this weekend, the spokesman for the Empresa Pública de Águas de Luanda (EPAL) guaranteed yesterday.
Vladimir Bernardo explained that efforts are being made to overcome two ruptures recorded in the pipeline, one in the Nova Urbanização area and the other next to Ecocampo, which left several districts of Cacuaco without drinking water.
Regarding the progress of the work on the third phase at Candelabro, the spokesperson announced that the work had already been completed, and tests of the equipment were currently underway.
Vladimir Bernardo pointed out that, as soon as this stage is completed, the pressure pipes will be put in place and the situation will improve in Sequele, the part of Cacuaco that will consume most of the water in this project, and in the Mayé Mayé neighborhood and the municipality of Sling.
Meanwhile, most neighborhoods in the municipality of Cacuaco have been experiencing a water supply crisis for several months, a situation that is complicating the local population.
In the district of Boa Esperança Central, in the district of Kicolo, for example, in addition to being well below its real pressure, the water gushes out in drops at dawn, forcing anyone who wants to make a reservation to have to wake up at that time for the It is made.
Antonica Domingos dos Santos, a resident of the aforementioned neighborhood of Cacuaco, expressed her discomfort with the situation of restrictions, adding that there is an almost total dependence on private cisterns that supply tanks in the neighborhood.
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