Owners of purifying of agua from the eastern region of State of Mexico (Edomex), began to close their establishments due to lack of water supply, after the Operational Caudal of the prosecutor’s office, which closed a total of 200 wells in the region.
Antonio Martínez, president of the Metropolitan Alliance of Water Bottlers and Distributors Civil Associationwhich under the pretext of combating the theft of drinking water, also known as huachicol hídrico, the Mexican prosecutor’s office closed stores that supplied schools, businesses, purifiers, hospitals, hotels, among other properties, which has already begun to affect thousands of people.
He warned that this is the case of water purifiers, which buy piperos water, where the population buys purified water for drinking and cooking, because the water from the network is not suitable for human consumption.
He warned that the owners of the purifiers are already organizing to protest against the measure in the coming days.
Meanwhile, the Industrial Union of the State of Mexico (UNIDEM) alerted the Prosecutor’s Office Mexican and to the state and municipal governments, about the consequences of Operation Flow.
They criticize operation
Francisco Cuevas Dobarganes, general director of the group, welcomed the actions of the Prosecutor’s Office, but considered that the operation should have been carried out gradually.
“The theft of water in the State of Mexico It was a problem that undoubtedly had to be resolved, there is nothing worse than profiting from water and that families and companies receive it at an extra price, this is because some gangs use that situation to make money unduly.”
However, Caves considered that this action should have been gradual, because there are already impacts on the supply in companies, schools, clinics, shopping malls and industries that need water transported in pipes to be able to work.
In fact, companies in the entity are already beginning to suffer from shortages after the operation against huachicol in 48 municipalities that closed at least 51 wells and 138 clandestine taps.
“Since Friday, some companies in Nezahualcóyotl, Ecatepec, Tlalnepantla, Coacalco and Tultitlán, mainly. They began to report to us that they did not have water, this because they do not have fixed outlets connected to municipal water systems or concessioned systems. Therefore, they must buy the liquid transported in pipes and that is extracted from private wells.”
He highlighted that in the case of public and private clinics and hospitals, water is essential for cleaning and without supply, it can generate a health problem with incalculable consequences.
Meanwhile, at service stations that sell gasoline, floors are required to be cleaned due to the spillage of drops, which, if not cleaned, can generate unnecessary risks.
Francisco Cuevas added that many factories, especially small and medium-sized ones, require drinking water for their production processes and most acquire it through pipes.
“Companies that are dedicated to food processing, if they do not have water, must stop operating, because if the floors and surfaces are not cleaned, they do not have the food grade that the Ministry of Health requires.”
The general director of UNIDEM warned that serious shortage problems could arise in the industrial and housing sectors if viable alternatives are not offered in the very short term.
For this reason, he said, a crisis that leads to health, safety, employment problems and impacts on the productive chain must be avoided.
There is the alternative of buying water that is loaded in municipalities where the operation does not apply or also, bringing water from the CDMXQuerétaro, Hidalgo or Morelos; but the drivers are threatened with future retaliation.
That is why the only viable alternative would be to release the wells that have concessions of National Water Commission current or the municipalities supply the liquid with their own pipes and asking for support from more units of neighboring entities.
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