Customers destroy water in Mercadona and Consum over supply hoax that Valencia denies

He communication break as a result of DANA activated the alert in the population regarding the possible lack of supply in the supermarkets from the city of Valence.

In recent hours, many people have gone to the city’s supermarkets to buy water bottles faced with a possible cutoff in the supply of drinking water to homes.

In fact, people who went to the supermarket this morning Consumer and Mercadona I witnessed how the shelves, which normally house water bottles, have already been they were empty from the start.

These are images that reminiscent of chaos lived in institutions during the pandemic year 2020but not at the same level, since it only took place with water.

However, other sections of the establishments such as the butchery section, where foods like chicken were already in short supply, and where the workers themselves stated that “the delivery trucks had not arrived“.

These statements were made to EL ESPAÑOL by workers of the Valencian supermarket chain. consumptionin the establishment located on Cuba Street, in the Ruzafa district.

In this supermarket they even trained queues in front of the shelves voids where water normally resides. Faced with constant questions from customers about supplies, staff only occasionally offered a limited number of bottles.

reassuring messages

The Valencian supermarket chain itself, consumptionreleased a statement via social network X (formerly Twitter) reassure the population of Valencia concerned about the possible lack of water supply in the city.

From Consum, they assure that “they have actions enough bottled water” to supply the chain’s supermarkets in the province of Valencia.

“We have actions enough to supply our stores and the sources are at full capacity,” reports Consum. In addition, they assure that they continue work to “avoid lack of supply”.

The cooperative expects the situation to calm down as access improves to the city of Valencia and the rest of the neighboring municipalities.

Finally, Consum asks for the collaboration of customers to “measure purchases in order to avoid excessive stocks”.

Water supply

Regarding the concern of residents of the city of Valencia regarding a possible cut in water supply; Waters of Valencia denies that supplies will be cut off in the capital of Turia. In addition, it ensures that the service is provided “in quantity and quality”.

For his part, the conselleria of the Environment and the Valencia City Hall They explain that there may be periods of reduced pressure in the water supply when there is high consumption in the same neighborhood community. However, they assure that They won’t cut off the city’s supply.

It is true that in municipalities that suffered devastating floods like Picanya or Alfafar, they remain without water supply, which has made many want to ensure their supply. But supermarkets and institutions wanted to calm the situation.