The province is to 93 per cent of rainfall with regard to the historical average of the month, for an accumulated close to 147 millimeters, and the downpours of the remains of the tropical thunderstorm Erika did not turn out to be significant.

With a capacity of storage superior to 1 200 million cubic meters of water, the second one in this indicator at national level, today its 54 reservoirs are to little more than 25 per cent of the liquid, as average of filling, which forces to extremes the saving measurements.

Of visit in the territory Miriam Valdés Pérez, national director of the Group of Researches and Hydraulic Projects, examined the implemented strategies and indicated to limit the supply cycles to the areas of big coverage, with the target of preserving the biggest possible quantity before the arrival of the dry station.

After the decrease of the time between one and the other period of intense drought, which left no margin for the recovery of the reservoirs, she recommended to realize the pertinent studies for future diversions towards the most depressed areas, evaluate continuously the water quality and avoid the pollution of the sources.

The specialist did a called to adopt the necessary measurements in the most consuming organisms, among which there are the health centers and the educational.

The general tendency of the levels of the underground waters, to both coasts of the territory, goes in descent, and according to the prognoses of the center of local meteorology, in September it can be registered precipitations below the historical average.

Translated by BA in English Language, Manuel Barrera Téllez

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