Serious future DR water shortage?

[Lambada]

DominicanosHoy.com - Experto advierte sobre daños al Medio Ambiente en RD

Engineer Johnnie Martínez is advising that environmental issues in the DR could lead to a serious water shortage not unlike that which Haiti suffers.

[Robert]

It's been happening for a few years on the east coast due to unmanaged development of Punta Cana/Bavaro etc. I covered this in some old posts a year or so ago. Some places are already using desalination plants as the natural water table is not naturally replenishing and is filling with salt water.

[Chip]

The people in the government are now probably only grasping the ramifications of not having any control over the amount of toxics that are directly dumped into the watersheds on a daily basis such as phosphates from soap and God only knows how many gallons over dirty oil etc. not to mention untreated raw sewer.

The good things are:

1. We never drank the water anyway so as long as the rivers have water in them they will have a source. Who the hell do they think they were trying to kid by saying that the public water supply is potable? Do those dumb a$$ idiots put one plus one together and figure out why there are so many kidney problems amoung the population.

2. Desalinization is a tried and true process but it doesn't come cheap. To pay for the additional cost I propose we herd up all of the useless politicians making US30k a month and ship them somewhere far away in a boat. That should free up billions annually that we could actually do something useful with.

[adrianb]

Originally Posted by Chip

1. We never drank the water anyway so as long as the rivers have water in them they will have a source. Who the hell do they think they were trying to kid by saying that the public water supply is potable?

Chip, where does your drinking water come from?

[Chip]

Originally Posted by adrianb

Chip, where does your drinking water come from?

From a green bottle plenty cold!!!!

[drtampa]

Chip,
Is a deep well in Jarabacoa likely to yield potable water?

[Hillbilly]

That is something only a good geologist could say. IF there is water, and if it is far away from latrines, then It should be good water. Normally, at the golf club there, i just drink the water from the tap. Cold and oh so good..

I asked about water in Cap Cana--the development there is incredible--and i was told that there are several springs back in the hills to the west and north, that can supply the area for a long time to come. Personally, I'd like to see it before believing it.

In the Cibao, most of our water comes from the Central Mountain Range..in this case, the Yaque and Bao rivers...

HB

[Chip]

Originally Posted by drtampa

Chip,
Is a deep well in Jarabacoa likely to yield potable water?

I don't see why not. Check the threads on the forum for well drilling and also about labs that can have the samples tested for you. Failing that drinking water is super cheap, RD30 for 5 gallons. We usually go through 10-15 gallons a week which is not a lot I suppose but then again I get most of my refreshment from fermented hops!

[sjh]

on a positive note: the gov is installing new aquaduct lines all over on the north coast.

[drtampa]

Originally Posted by Chip

I don't see why not. Check the threads on the forum for well drilling and also about labs that can have the samples tested for you. Failing that drinking water is super cheap, RD30 for 5 gallons. We usually go through 10-15 gallons a week which is not a lot I suppose but then again I get most of my refreshment from fermented hops!

With well water at least I could use the ice maker in the fridges. Or, can you hook-up an icemaker to a 5 gallon water bottle?