Water (or lack of) in Pueblo Bavaro

[InsanelyOne]

For the last few weeks the water has been gone more and more. I'd become accustomed to having no water each night (typically after 10 or 11 PM) but it was always back on in the morning. Now it's gone a lot during the daytime as well.

Is this just one of the "pleasures" of living in "paradise"?

[Robert]

Originally Posted by InsanelyOne

For the last few weeks the water has been gone more and more. I'd become accustomed to having no water each night (typically after 10 or 11 PM) but it was always back on in the morning. Now it's gone a lot during the daytime as well.

Is this just one of the "pleasures" of living in "paradise"?

This is what happens when you slowly deplete the natural water table. It cannot replenish qiuck enough, so the void is filled with salt water, this is why some hotels on the east coast have to have desalination plants.

The problem comes from rapid unplanned development on the east coast. It's an environmental disaster.

[InsanelyOne]

Originally Posted by Robert

The problem comes from rapid unplanned development on the east coast. It's an environmental disaster.

Awesome... I love disasters!

[windeguy]

Another example of too many people in one place that cannot support them.

[rubio_higuey]

Time to buy a tinaco.

[pyratt]

Originally Posted by InsanelyOne

Awesome... I love disasters!

Me too....kinda. That is until my team has to respond.

Get a tinaco, an R.O. unit and learn how to maintain water so it's good to drink.

I keep 10 cases of bottled water on hand so dehydration is always days away...I also keep purification liquids/tabs, a couple of filters (straws, sport bottle filters etc)...and I recommend Aquamira products...

You can find them online.

[MikeFisher]

the whole spring and summer 2009 been bonedry, all water reservoirs are emptied, like Rovert said, it is a disaster and the area is still fast growing, by far not finished to bring more people in.
the Tinaco is a solution if you have a water filled hole in the garden with a pump down there to get that up and fill the tinaco, nothing of such in the residents here, they have one central watersydtem for the whole pueblo bavaro, and they urgently need to work on it.
in Higuey you call one of the numerous watersuppliers and they send you a truck to fill the Tinaco, not in Bavaro.
Mike

[InsanelyOne]

Thought I'd give a quick update. Water is back full force now. From what I'm told, they were repairing a pump... which explains the frequent outages. Water hasn't gone out in a couple of weeks now and the pressure is awesome.