The Chamber announced that several places in Marinha Grande, in the district of Leiria, were left without water on Tuesday due to bad weather recorded in recent days.
“After the bad weather of the past few days, the city council reports that the water supply in some places in Marinha Grande, namely in the Picassinos and Comeira districts, is suffering,” the municipality said in a social media post. Facebook.
The catchment hole, located on António Maria da Silva Street in Picassinos, is the main supply of water to these areas, but in recent days its casing has been found to “show signs of internal rupture, causing the water to become cloudy” . in these areas.”
“This situation requires the immediate shutdown of this drainage hole and the activation of another,” the municipality explained, adding that “in order to effectively resume the supply of water to pipelines, it becomes necessary to temporarily stop the supply of water.” .
The Chamber added that it aims “to resume normal water supply as soon as possible.”
A source in the municipality told Lusa that it is estimated that the water supply could be back to normal by the end of the day on Tuesday.
Author: Portuguese
Source: CM Jornal
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