Ecobreves – HONDURAS: Reservoirs Regain Water Levels, Rationing Ended

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TEGUCIGALPA, Jul 1 2006 (IPS) - Last weekend the drastic rationing of potable water came to an end in the Honduran capital, after the main reservoirs supplying the city finally regained levels within the normal range. Jorge Méndez, manager of the National Service of Aqueducts and Sewage Systems, told Tierramérica that as of July 3, “rationing of water in the city is suspended, because the reservoirs are at their maximum water levels, due to the copious rainfall in the country.”

The water volume the reservoirs have taken in “allows us to predict that in 2007 rationing will be minimal. Now we have sufficient flows to store up a good reserve,” said the official. In recent months water rationing extended as long as two consecutive days for some parts of Tegucigalpa.

The principal reservoirs supplying water to the capital are La Concepción, Los Laureles, El Picacho and Miraflores, which together provide for the needs of almost the entire urban population of one million.