Panamas water problems in the hands of God and IDAAN

Panama’s water problems, affecting over a million consumers for 29 days are “in God’s hands and in the ability of Idaan(the country’s water authority) to respond”

The news came came from Idaan’s director Manuel González Ruiz on Rangefinder Report Thursday (January 6)

He said it is still unknown when the current crisis can be overcome: "All we can ensure is that the institution and its staff are dedicating150% of their capacity to solving this problem.”

The two water treatment plants at Chilibre are still in trouble due to high turbidity levels of Lake Alajuela.
On Wednesday (December 5) measurements of turbidity at the oldest of the two plants exceeded World Health Organization (WHO) safely levels and it was decided to suspend operations to attempt to solve problems.

Today (January 6) González Ruiz said that the turbidity levels of Lake Alajuela are declining and the production at the water plants is at 50% and could rise to between 63% and 75%,
At the beginning of the crisis on December 7 it was intermittently at 88%.
He said the behavior pattern has been that "in the early morning turbidity is high and falls during the day "The trend is towards improvement. "

But he reiterated: "Not only are we in God's hands but in the ability of the institution to respond to this situation.