(prensa.com
) Minister for Canal Affairs, Rómulo Roux, reported on Wednesday that production at the Chilibre water treatment plant surpassed the 150 million gallons per day mark.
Despite this news, the plant still can not produce at the expected levels. It is currently operating at between 65 percent and 80 percent capacity, the minister admitted.
The goal of the Inter-institutional Commission, which was established to address the water crisis in the capital, is getting the Chilibre plant to reach its maximum output, which is 180 million gallons of potable water daily.
“We used to produce between 138-140 million gallons per day, as we operated with four or five pumps, and sometimes six. Now, we are beginning to operate with five or six pumps, which will increase the number of gallons produced daily,” Roux said in a statement.
“The water treatment plant increased production during the night,” informed the minister, who said that as a result of this, “the water supply should reach the highest points of the city by the morning.”
Turbidity
With regards to the turbidity of the Alajuela Lake, which feeds the Chilibre water treatment plant, Roux noted that the turbidity level continues to decline slowly but surely.
In the press release issued yesterday, the official said the water registered at the level of 21.9 nephelometric units (measuring the degree of turbidity), which is favorable, as the raw water was previously registering as high as 350 nephelometric units.
Meanwhile, the treated water level remains below the average of five nephelometric units, which is suitable for human consumption.
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