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Home News Portuguese municipalities announce water supply cuts Portuguese municipalities announce water supply cuts Some Portuguese municipalities have scheduled water cuts for the coming week. By Bruno G.
Home News Portugal addresses illegal water use Portugal addresses illegal water use Águas do Alto Alentejo ( AAA) will eliminate more than 100 illegal uses of the public water supply network by 2025, an area considered a “priority” for the intermunicipal company, it was announced.
Water supply for nearly 900 customers in Leiria is being maintained by a generator six weeks after storm Kristin hit the municipality, the Municipal Water and Sanitation Services (SMAS) revealed on Thursday, March 12. According to Ricardo Gomes, the administrator for SMAS Leiria, a generator remains in operation at the Casal da Quinta reservoir due to the lack of public power grid access. Without the generator, the water supply would be compromised for 895 customers in the Bidoeira de Cima parish. The generator is provided by E-Redes, while SMAS covers the diesel costs. The situation is expected to be resolved in the coming days. Since January 28, when storm Kristin struck, the company has spent 113,000 euros on fuel. While generator use should end this week, building repairs are expected to take several months. At least 19 people have died in Portugal since January 28 following storms Kristin, Leonardo, and Marta, which also caused widespread destruction and billions of euros in damages.
The public water supply is temporarily unsafe for human consumption in several areas of the municipality of Batalha, Leiria district, due to flooding that occurred early this morning, announced the City Council.
After volunteers helped, Batalha's municipal council has enlisted a private security company to prevent the theft of fuel from the generators used to supply water, the mayor said today.
Miguel Miranda, former president of IPMA, says the rain expected this week will put heavy pressure on Portuguese dams.
Some outraged by the lack of support from the government, others angry at those who tried to “profit at the expense of other people's lives”, the residents of Batalha joined forces and went into the woods through the night to protect the generators responsible for supplying water to that region.
The problem is only just beginning.
APAL assures that, “at present, the consumption of tap water in the parish of Valhelhas is guaranteed with safety and rigour.”
In an interview with Rádio Observador, mayor Luís Albuquerque says the early hours “were complicated”, but far from what had been expected. He adds that 32 of Ourém's 34 schools reopen today.
On Friday, flooding of the Porto Figueira pumping station reduced the municipality's water supply by about one third.
Águas do Centro Litoral (AdCL) announced today that it has restored the water supply to Leiria municipality's network following the flooding of a pumping station in the area.
Regarding the water supply, despite some stabilisation of the network, there are multiple breaks that continue to cause interruptions to service.
The water supply in the municipality of Ansião, in the district of Leiria, which was affected by Storm Kristin, is being restored to normal, the Municipal Council announced today. It expects to open some schools on Tuesday.
Pombal Town Council — in a municipality in the district of Leiria severely affected by the bad weather — assures the quality of the public water supply and publishes the locations of public water points available to residents.
The municipal council has also secured additional generators, including “a very powerful one” that “allows them to open another extraction borehole”.
Leiria City Council will install generators today because E-Redes has no estimate for restoring electricity, and will supply water by tankers to certain parishes, said the councillor for Civil Protection, Luís Lopes.
“It's truly upsetting. After a natural disaster, when people are already vulnerable and trying to survive, having to deal with that kind of behaviour is heartbreaking,” said councillor Eduardo Amaral.
The theft of cables and diesel from generators has hindered the restoration of the water supply in the municipality of Porto de Mós, in Leiria district, councillor Eduardo Amaral said today, expressing his outrage.
The majority of customers without power are in the Leiria district. In addition, the water supply in Coimbra has now been restored.
The Centro region and Lisbon and the Tagus Valley are the most affected areas. Also, the water supply in Coimbra has been restored to normal.
This is the latest tally from Civil Protection regarding the bad weather: 10,000 incidents recorded by 7pm. Also in this bulletin, water supply in Coimbra has been restored.
The company urges customers to be alert to any visible changes in the water, particularly in colour, odour or cloudiness.
Hundreds of businesses have been destroyed between Leiria and Pombal; some do not know if they will reopen. Thousands of people are without power, water and communications. A trip to the villages where the nights seem endless.
