More than 616,000 people have been without water since Monday in Joinville, the largest city in the Brazilian state of Santa Catarina, after a tanker truck accident spilled thousands of liters of acid into the Cubatao River, which supplies the region with water. The city council declared a state of emergency in the city and suspended water withdrawals from the river.
A truck carrying sulfonic acid, used in the production of detergents, crashed, spilling thousands of liters of acid into the Seco River, which flows into the Cubatao River, where the city’s main water collection station is located. When the acid came into contact with water, it caused a wave of foam, and yesterday the sales company carried out continuous tests to assess the situation.
In addition to the lack of water in their taps, Joinville residents also had almost no water available in supermarkets yesterday as thousands of people, fearing the situation would continue, ran out of bottles and jugs in stores in just a few hours. .
Author: Domingos Grilo Serrinha This correspondent in Brazil
Source: CM Jornal
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