Yonathan de León, concerned about the situation that will be experienced this summer in Lanzarote after the announcements by the company Canal Gestión Lanzarote of the "problems" in the domestic water supply, has met with the company's manager, David González Gil, to learn more about this situation, and the consequences that residents may have in their homes in the face of foreseeable cuts in the network.
In the meeting, held at the Mayor's Office, Yonathan de León conveyed the uncertainty that may be generated among Arrecife residents, the reduction of pressure in the network, and supply cuts, effects announced publicly by this company.
De León recalls that Arrecife concentrates 42% of the resident population on the island, close to 70,000 inhabitants, as many people as the sum of residents of the municipalities of Teguise, San Bartolomé, and Tías. In the capital of Lanzarote, the mayor emphasized, most buildings lack cisterns.
"It is well known that water storage in the vast majority of properties in the capital is channeled into small tanks located on the roofs or decks of these buildings, which in several areas of the city reach up to eight stories high. The reduction of pressure in the network during nighttime hours - a measure pointed out by the water supply company - could affect the ability to cover the flow of these tanks, which have an average typology for the daily needs of the resident family."
Situation of the supply and sewage networks
In the meeting, the mayor was interested in learning directly about the actions to be carried out on the water supply network that runs through Arrecife, knowing the areas where losses in the network are concentrated, and having an advance of the new investments for works, and specific projects, that are being planned.
He also appreciated the "receptiveness of the Canal Gestión representative," as he addressed the situation of the maintenance and new improvements of the treated water network, which is also managed by the company through the concession from the Lanzarote Water Consortium.
