Several citizens have reported to La Voz that "a new breakdown of Canal Gestión has been dumping tons of water for more than 24 hours" in the access area to the Sara animal shelter, in the town of Tahíche. This is happening in the midst of the water crisis in Lanzarote, where water supply cuts have been the protagonists throughout the summer.
In a joint complaint to which this newspaper has had access, several people report that this water loss is happening "without them doing anything" to solve it. According to the same source, this pipe has been losing water "uninterruptedly" since at least Thursday afternoon. This noon, as this editorial staff has been able to confirm, the breakdown was still not resolved.
“We do not know how many tons of water are being lost every hour, since the loss is buried, and the water comes to the surface, we cannot imagine how much water is being lost in the subsoil”, several indignant citizens have assured.
And the tons of water that are falling have formed a small reservoir in a landing area, while the neighbors do not know who to contact. “They never answer the phone and of course it is impossible to even warn”, added a resident, who also recalls that this is not the first time this has happened.
“We do not understand how tons of water are wasted while the countryside cannot be watered, and supplies to the towns are cut off, we hope that by denouncing these constant disasters they will take their work seriously”, added another resident. In this sense, he added that he does not understand how the Cabildo of Lanzarote allows the company that has "the monopoly of water on the island" to do "whatever they want".
