Last Monday, April 8, the Bogota City Hall announced that the capital and several surrounding municipalities will have to save water in shifts, due to the low levels in the main reservoirs in the region.
He Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán He explained that the water cuts will be in zones and staggered during the day so that water savings are relevant.
Reservoirs at a low point.
Photo:Mauricio Moreno. TIME
The first restriction was at 8 in the morning on Thursday, April 11. From then on they rotated through various areas of the capital, according to what was established by the schedule of the Bogotá Aqueduct and Sewerage Company (EAAB).
The last shift of the week is scheduled for Friday, April 19, which will cover the following addresses:
- Between Calle 170 and 245, between Carrera 7 and 52.
- Between Calle 235 and 242, between Carrera 45 and 107.
- Municipality of Gachancipá and ESP Acuopolis.
According to the official website of the District, This April 20, water rationing measures will continue. Those who will have cuts for 24 hours will be the areas of shift 1, thus beginning the rotation again.
We tell you all the details about the water cuts that Bogotá will have for the following weeks.
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- Sunday, April 21: shift 2.
- Monday, April 22: shift 3.
- Tuesday, April 23: shift 4.
- Wednesday, April 24: shift 5.
- Thursday, April 25: shift 6.
- Friday, April 26: shift 7.
- Saturday April 27: shift 8.
- Sunday, April 28: shift 9.
Towns and neighborhoods in which rationing will govern this Saturday, April 20
• November 5th
• King’s Grove
• Campiña del Restrepo
• Eduardo Frei
• La Fragua – Urb.
• City of Quito
• Luna Park
• Restrepo
• Restrepo – Urb. Alfonso López Pumarejo
• Western Restrepo
• SC Sena
• San Antonio – Urb. Av. Luna Park
• San Jorge Central II Sector
• La Fragua – Urb. Sargento Páez Pabón
• The Fraguita
• Forge
• San Jorge Central
• San Antonio
• Santa Isabel Del Restrepo
• Santa Isabel V Sector
• Santander North
• Santander
• Sultana
• Old Villa Mayor
Location Barrios Unidos
• November 11th
• October 12 °
• October 12 – Alcabaza
• Cowboy
• Benjamin Herrera
• Official Employees Club
• Colombia
• North Conception
• The rosary
• Entrerríos
• Entrerríos – Urb. Alma Industrial
• Military school
• JJ Vargas – José Joaquín Vargas
• Jorge eliecer gaitan
• John XXIII
• The hope
• Freedom
• La Libertad San Fernando
• La Merced North
• Peace
• The Aurora
• Los Alcázares
• Los Alcázares – Urb.Supercenter
• Los Alcázares Norte
• Metropolis
• Doll
• El Salitre Popular Park
• Polo Club
• Polo Club – Brasilia
• Polo Club – Colombian Capitalization I Sector
• Polo Club – Colombian Capitalization II Sector
• Polo Club – Urb. El Lago
• Popular Model
• Popular Model – Urb. Ciudadela De Los Parques
• Quinta Mutis
• Rafael Uribe
• Rincón Del Salitre – Urb. Model II
• SC El Salitre District Park
• SC José Joaquín Vargas
• SC La Patria – Barrio San Martín
• SC Polo Club
• Western San Fernando
• San Fernando Occidental – Urb. Av. Chile
• San Miguel
• San Felipe
• San Fernando
• Hagia Sophia
• August seventh
• Simon Bolivar
• Urb. Entre Ríos
• Urb. Entre Ríos Industrial Zone
• Urb. Santa Monica
• Urb. Simón Bolívar
Chapinero Town
• Chicó Norte – Urban Complex of La Cien
• Chicó Norte – Urb. La Gran Vía
• Reserved Chicó
• Chicó Reserved II Sector
• El Retiro – Villa Andina
• The Cabrera
• SC Old Country
• SC Chapinero Norte
• SC Chicó Norte
• SC Chicó Norte III Sector
• SC El Chicó
• SC El Nogal
• SC El Retiro
• SC Espartillal
• SC Lago Gaitán
• SC Porziuncola
• SC Quinta Camacho
• Sierras del Chicó
Location Los Mártires
• Co-insurance
• Diana Carolina
• Eduardo Santos
• The Ribbon
• Progress
• The Orchard
•Florida
• La Estanzuela
Location Puente Aranda
• South highway
• Barcelona
• Barcelona – Urb. Los Eucaliptos
• Caldas Battalion
• Bochica Puente Aranda
• Los Comuneros Forest
• Brisas Del Galán
• Camelia II Sector
• Camelia Sur IV Sector
• Camilo Torres
• Industrial Center
• Ciudad Montes III Sector
• Colon
• Cundinamarca
• The Harp and The Lyre
• The Ejido
• El Jazmín I Sector
• El Jazmín II Sector
• Sun
• Central Station
• Prince
• Galán – El Portal Del Castillo
• Galán – Urb. Los Arrayanes
• Galán – Urb. Los Bungaviles
• Gorgonzola
• Centennial Industrial
• Jorge Gaitán Córtes
• The Assumption
• The Camellia
• West Florida
• The Guaca
• La Guaca IV Sector
• The Ponderosa
• The Prairie
• The Trinity
• The Caravels
• The Violets The Assumption
• The Ejidos
• Milenta
• Ortezal
• Spring Parks
• Pennsylvania
• Primavera II Portal
• Spring North – San Francisco
• Western Spring
• Aranda Bridge
• Backwater
• South Backwater
• Salazar Gomez
• Saint Eusebius
• Saint Gabriel
• San Jorge Central
• San Rafael
• San Rafael Industrial
• Western Saint Elizabeth
• Saint Matilda
• Santa Matilde II Sector
• Santa Rita III Sector
• Tibana
• Tibaná II Sector – Spring Parks
• Torremolinos
• Urb. Bosques Del Sur
• Central Urb. – Jorge Gaitán Cortes
• Urb. Corkidi
• Central Veraguas
• Villa del Rosario
• Villa Inés
• Villa Sonia
• Yira Castro
Location Rafael Uribe Uribe
• Gustavo Restrepo
• English – Comfamiliares Insurers II
• Quiroga IX Stage
• SC Bravo Páez
• SC Centenario
• SC Claret
• SC English
• SC Libertador
• SC Marco Fidel Suárez
• SC Murillo Toro
• SC Olaya
• SC Quiroga
• SC Quiroga Central
• SC Quiroga Sur
• SC San Jorge Sur
• SC San José Sur
• SC Saint Lucia
• SC Santiago Pérez
• SC Villa Mayor Oriental
• Saint George Gloria Gaitán
• San Juanito
• Tunal Sector II
• Tunal Sector I
• Urb. Santa Catalina
• Urb. Santa Lucia
• Santa Lucia Tank Urb.
• Urb. Unidas Samoa
• Villa Mayor
Location Santa Fe
• Sacred Heart
Teusaquillo Town
• Acevedo Tejada
• Alfonso Lopez
• Armenia
• Central bank
• Belalcazar
This measure seeks to save two cubic meters per second of water and guarantee the supply in the current situation of critical storage levels in reservoirs, due to the El Niño phenomenon.
When will water rationing end in Bogotá?
In an interview conducted with Mayor Carlos F. Galán, For EL TIEMPO, the president explained that there will be two determining factors: first, the rains and their readiness to affect the reservoirs; and secondly, the reduction of consumption, including changes in behavior that affect consumption.
Mayor Carlos Fernando Galán announced that new measures will be taken against water rationing in Bogotá.
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Recommendations to save water
The authoritiesThey have recommended staying calm and not exceeding the reserves stored in homessince if more water is used in the days before rationing, the measure would not be fulfilling any function.
- Use a glass to brush your teeth.
- Shower in a maximum of five minutes.
- Collect the cold water from the shower in a bucket while it heats up.
- Use the washing machine with a full load.
- Turn off the faucet when shaving, lathering or applying shampoo.
- Check that the gaskets of the faucets, showers and pipes do not present leaks.
- Clean storage tanks at least twice a year to preserve the
- quality of water in the home.
- Use the washing machine with a full load.
Additional charges for anyone who wastes water
They must pay an additional amount for each cubic meter, which will be reflected in the invoice corresponding to the following billing cycle:
- Bogotá: $3,380.84 per m3 above the limit.
- Soacha: $3,105.39 per m3 above the limit
- Gachancipá: $2,384.24, per m3 above the limit
- Tocancipá and Zipaquirá: $2,082.39, per m3 above the limit
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