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32 Colombian Municipalities Facing Water Shortages

Posted On January 27, 2020
By : Loren Moss
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Tag: aguachica, alcantarilla, antioquia, aqueduct, arboletes, astrea, atlantico, barrancas, basic sanitation, bosconia, boyaca, campamento, canalete, cesar, chima, colombia, Córdoba, coyaima, cundinamarca, drought, el paso, epm, floresta, jonathan malagon, jose luis acero, la guajira, lorica, los cordobas, los santos, maicao, málaga, motavita, Natagaima, National Unit for Disaster Risk Management, Necoclí, paila, puerto colombia, puerto escondido, puli, repelon, san juan del cesar, san pablo de borbur, san palbo de borbur, san pelayo, sanitation, santander, sewer, soacha, suan, subachoue, tank trucks, Tolima, tunja, valledupar, Water, water treatment plants

This year’s annual dry season that affects Colombia in December and January has seen the number of municipalities facing shortages grow to 32, according to the country’s minister of housing, cities and territories, Jonathan Malagón.

“In the last month we went from 19 to 32 municipalities with water shortages due to the dry season. We invite the new municipal administrations and public service companies to activate emergency and contingency plans, as these allow us to respond to this situation and prevent any eventuality in the provision of services,” said Malagón in a statement.

The minister indicated that the ministry is working with the National Unit for Disaster Risk Management to monitor these municipalities. “We have been tracking the departments of Antioquia, Atlántico, Boyacá, Cesar, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, La Guajira, Santander and Tolima. So far we have a consolidated of 32 municipalities with affectations,” he said. The ministry indicated that emergency and contingency plans must take into account vulnerable populations, and threats to the aqueduct, sewer and sanitation systems.

“These plans should identify alternative sources of supply, shock measures such as mobilization of tank trucks, water treatment plants, among others, in addition to verifying that they have financial and human resources to meet any eventuality,” said Jose Luis Acero, the vice minister of water and basic sanitation.

MUNICIPALITIES AFFECTED BY SEASONAL DROUGHT CONDITIONS, 2019-2020
No. DEPARTMENT MUNICIPALITY
1 ANTIOQUIA ARBOLETES (Public Calamity Declared)
2 ANTIOQUIA CAMPAMENTO (Rural Zone)
3 ANTIOQUIA NECOCLI
4 ATLANTICO PUERTO COLOMBIA
5 ATLANTICO REPELON
6 ATLANTICO SUAN
7 BOYACA FLORESTA
8 BOYACA MOTAVITA
9 BOYACA PAIPA
10 BOYACA TUNJA
11 BOYACA SAN PABLO DE BORBUR
12 CESAR ASTREA
13 CESAR AGUACHICA
14 CESAR BOSCONIA
15 CESAR EL PASO
16 CESAR VALLEDUPAR (Rural Zone)
17 CORDOBA CANALETE
18 CORDOBA CHIMA
19 CORDOBA LORICA
20 CORDOBA LOS CORDOBAS
21 CORDOBA PUERTO ESCONDIDO
22 CORDOBA SAN PELAYO
23 CUNDINAMARCA PULI
24 CUNDINAMARCA SOACHA
25 CUNDINAMARCA SUBACHOQUE
26 LA GUAJIRA BARRANCAS
27 LA GUAJIRA MAICAO
28 LA GUAJIRA SAN JUAN DEL CESAR
29 SANTANDER MALAGA
30 SANTANDER LOS SANTOS (Public Calamity Declared)
31 TOLIMA COYAIMA (Rural Zone)
32 TOLIMA NATAGAIMA (Rural Zone)

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