The company in charge of water management in Lanzarote and La Graciosa, Canal Gestión, announced this Monday that during the early hours of the morning they managed to bring desalination plant V back into operation which, as you will recall, suffered a very significant breakdown last week that left more than thirty towns without water. However, Lanzarote and the eighth island woke up this Monday with cuts in 22 towns and several breakdowns.
The company has indicated that its production capacity, estimated at around 18,000 cubic meters of drinking water per day, is currently being recovered.
However, despite the repair of this plant, Canal Gestión warns that "additional incidents may still occur in the supply not previously reflected in the calendars published on their website, although everything possible is being done to keep them up to date." According to the company, this is because "the system needs to progressively recover its operational stability, normalize the regulation levels of the storage tanks, and rebalance both the production and distribution of water in the different supply areas of the island."
Therefore, the lack of supply could continue in many parts of both islands "until usual operating levels are reached again."
In addition, the Cabildo has confirmed to *La Voz* that one of the two portable desalination plants that suffered a breakdown this Sunday corresponds to those granted by the Government of the Canary Islands to the Cabildo of Lanzarote (which were used during the La Palma eruption) as a loan to temporarily and momentarily solve the water situation.
According to the Cabildo, "portable plant 2, which was stopped along with portable plant 1 as a precaution in case it was affected by Sunday's breakdown, was inspected by the company that maintains them at the request of the Consortium and it was confirmed that it was in good condition to operate." Despite the Cabildo urging Canal Gestión to start it up, the latter did not agree with this decision and "did not facilitate the seawater supply to proceed with its start-up." However, the Cabildo determined that there was no risk exposure, so it was started up.
More than twenty water cuts
Despite the repair of plant V, 22 towns in Lanzarote and La Graciosa are without water this Monday. In the northern area, Máguez in the municipality of Haría has no water, as do San Bartolomé and Güime.
As for Teguise, Las Nieves, Nazaret, Tahíche, Teseguite, and Tao are also suffering from the lack of supply, as well as Pedro Barba in La Graciosa.
For their part, the towns of El Cuchillo, La Costa, Tajaste, Mancha Blanca, and Tinguatón also have no water.
In the southern part of the island, the towns of Tías, Tegoyo, Conil, Masdache, La Asomada, Mácher, Yaiza, and Uga also have supply cuts.
In addition, on this day there are a total of three breakdowns affecting Tahíche, Nazaret, and Mácher due to total network closures due to incidents. Regarding Yaiza and Uga, the breakdowns keep the network partially closed.
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