A serious breakdown of the general networklocated on Conde de Valmaseda Street in Puertollano (Ciudad Real), above the AVE tracks, will force the cut-off of the supply throughout the city this Tuesday from nine in the morning for at least 24 hours, a circumstance that occurs just before the opening of the patronal festivities scheduled for Thursdayas confirmed this Monday by Mayor Miguel Ángel Ruiz during a press conference.
The advisor reported this outage in a section of the cast iron pipe installed in 2016belonging to the Integral Water Cycle. The work is expected to begin this Tuesday at 9 a.m., at which time the supply to the entire population will be gradually cut off for at least 24 hours.
In principle, it was not possible to foresee the implementation of the actions, since the municipal technicians and the company Aguas de Puertollano They must specify the origin of the breakdownwhich they suspect could be boilermaking and fixing parts of certain sections of this 600 mm pipeAlso on Tuesday, around noon, the council will report on its website and on social networks the precise nature of the outage.
In any case, everyone hopes that the work can be completed within a period of no more than 24 hours, although they have insisted that it is still too early to guarantee this, at the cost of locating and, if necessary, ordering the part. The mayor of Puertollano apologized to the entire population for the inconvenience caused, while calling for the foresight of all citizens, so that throughout the day this Monday collect the water you need for your needs.
He also regretted damage that may occur to sectors such as hospitality, small businesses or hairdressingin addition to social health centers, and hoped that normality could be restored as quickly as possible.
This is the This is the first time in the recent history of Puertollano that the City Council has been forced to cut off the supply of the general pipeline. water, in this case at the fork of the roads leading to the Carmen and Las Mercedes neighborhoods and to the city center.
The work area corresponds to the section of Conde de Valmaseda Street delimited by its intersection with Pelayo Street and the San Agustín Bridge. In fact, the water leak detected since last Saturday also descends the slope of the AVE tracks.
It also prevented the presence of air pockets and their leakage to the outside after the water was returned. will cause multiple outages in different parts of the cityThis is why he asked citizens to be more patient in the face of this eventuality.
The mayor also noted that if the outage were to continue over time, The City Hall will set up a tank supply system in different parts of the municipality.
Asked about the imminent inauguration of the patronal festivals in honor of the Virgin of Grace and the possibility that this interruption could alter them, or even force their suspensionRuiz assured that work is being done on this eventuality, although for the moment he is confident that the episode will be resolved within 24 hours and that what is most important at the moment is the supply of citizens and the proper functioning of companies and small businesses.
In this sense, he recalled that The petrochemical complex will not be affected by these restrictionssince it has its own distribution network.
