The lack of water is one of the problems that most afflicts the residents of La Plata and, especially during each summer, hundreds of claims surface throughout the district due to persistent breaks and losses that emerge on sidewalks and streets and waste thousands of liters of water that are scarce in other parts of the city. With that panorama in view, The Undersecretary of Water Resources under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Public Services of the province of Buenos Aires tendered an impressive work: the replacement of 197 kilometers of pipes that belong to the drinking water supply network and are more than 70 years old.
The works, which were announced on the afternoon of last Friday in an act headed by the former mayor of La Plata and current Minister of Justice and Human Rights of Buenos Aires Julio Alak, will include a total investment of $7,967,111,577 and they were divided into six different batches.
According to provincial authorities, The works will be carried out with the aim of “resolving the problem of obsolescence and deterioration of the primary and secondary drinking water distribution systems in the district”, which are more than seven decades old and many of which are on the verge of collapse. Within this framework, work will be carried out on 1,970 blocks throughout the city to root out one of the most pressing problems faced by residents, especially in the midst of the increasingly intense heat waves that are shaking the region.
The officials further explained that new mesh pipes, bypass branches and more than 35,000 household and high-density polyethylene connections will be placed which will include the complete kit, without meter; while the units of measured service will remain the existing one.
“These are pipes that are collapsed and that through the political decision of our governor Axel Kicillofwe are carrying out almost 200 kilometers of work that represents the distance between the city of La Plata and Dolores to be able to graph the magnitude of the work,” said the Buenos Aires Undersecretary of Water Resources, William Jelinskiand added that “the work will provide quality and quantity of drinking water to the residents of La Plata.”
Alak, for his part, celebrated the announcement and stressed that “it is a historic day for La Plata because water is a central issue because the networks are more than 70 years old and respond to an old claim from the residents of the city.”
During the act, it is worth noting, the provincial deputy Lucia Ianezthe director of Programs and Projects of the Provincial Directorate of Cooperative Action (DIPAC), Valeria Redolati; the mayor of the FdT Juan Manuel Granillo Fernandez and the head of the Block of Councilors of the FdT of La Plata Yanina Lamberti.
