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Breakdowns at the base of water supply restrictions to Luanda and Icolo and Bengo

Failures in water treatment and distribution systems are making it difficult to supply drinking water to the provinces of Luanda and Icolo e Bengo, an administrator of the management company in the capital, EPAL, said this Thursday.

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Customers from several areas of these provinces have complained about the scarcity and poor quality of water, but EPAL expects the situation to return to normal in the next seven to 15 days.

Speaking to Radio Nacional de Angola, EPAL administrator Kelson Domingos said that the company is working to reverse the situation related to the restrictions of recent days and “designing a solution that allows it to quickly respond to requests”.

Regarding customer complaints about the quality of the water coming out of the taps, Kelson Domingos admitted that, due to the size of multi-municipal systems, “there are always pollutants that can contribute to the degradation of water quality”, adding that measures are being implemented to reinforcement to control quality.

The EPAL official also stressed that initiatives are being carried out “in the project domain” to end interruptions and respond to water quality issues.

On Angolan Public Television (TPA), the administrator stated that, in smaller systems, whose technology does not allow for the treatment of raw water when it is very degraded, less water than normal is being produced, also contributing to the scarcity.

The most critical areas include downtown Luanda and densely populated neighborhoods such as Cazenga, where water supply reductions have reached 50 percent in some cases, although water supplies are gradually being restored.

The two provinces, as well as Bengo province, are currently grappling with a cholera outbreak with 383 cases recorded and 22 deaths since the first case was declared on January 7.

Cholera is a disease associated with poor sanitation and water supply conditions.

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