Residents of Fonds-Verrettes whose water supply system had been completely destroyed during the 2004 floods and which has since faced a scarcity or a lack of drinking water, should know in the coming weeks a relief to its calvary...

The engineer Rafael Hosty, Western Departmental Director of the National Directorate of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) announced Monday that 180 family or community cisterns, will be built or rehabilitated in the municipality of Fonds-Verrettes by the Spanish NGO CESAL from June 15, 2019.

The first tanks are expected to be available a month after the start of work said Engineer Hosty, who points out that this is a temporary solution pending the reconstruction of the water supply system. A reconstruction he recall that will require significant investments that the State funds almost empty, are not able to finance for the moment...

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