Chitre latest waterless region
ON SUNDAY, April 27, Chitré became the third major area on the Isthmus to be deprived of potable water supplies.
The latest interruption was caused when a truck hit a utility pole near the Los Guayacanes Hotel at 4 pm on Sunday, knocking out power to the Roberto Reyna water treatment plant.
Julio Santana, an official with the water and sewer agency (Idaan) said that the emergency generators at the plant aren't working, which means that wáter service will not return until power is restored reports La Prensa..
The other water outages ar Chorrera and the Tocumen region were caused by broken water mains.Chorrera was without water for nearly four days. Work on the broken pipe near the women’s prison in Tocumen scheduled for Saturday April 26 was suspended Friday night.
