Two ruptures within 24 hours in one of the main lines distributing water to Mazatlán has disrupted
water supply in northern Mazatlán and El Centro today.
The first break in the 65-year-old conduit pipe occurred Tuesday afternoon a few meters from the
prison in the heavily populated Los Gavilanes area.
Early yesterday morning the pipe ruptured in a second location approximately 500 meters down the
line from the first break in the north-south lane of highway Mexico 15.
Water from the rupture inundated hectares of fields in the vicinity, including a nearby family home.
Blas Reyes Zazueta, assistant manager of production for Mazatlán´s Junta Municipal de Agua
Potable y Alcantarillado (Jumapam), stated because of the ruptures the water department had to
reduce both production and distribution lowering the pressure from 1,900 liters per second to 1,300
resulting in an inevitable shortage of water beginning today.
They need to locate the break and repair it, said the assistant manager. The 30 inch pipe made of
asbestos and cement is obsolete and will be reinforced with a steel sleeve to solve the problem and
avoid a more severe shortage.
Reyes Zazueta commented that Jumapam is aware more breaks could occur due to the poor
condition of the conduit pipe.
He pointed out that buildings have been constructed on top of the subterraneous water lines, as is the
case with the second break, making it more complicated to reach the pipe. Jumapam has to request
permission from the owner of the land to bring in heavy machinery to remove some structures built
over the pipe since the land is privately held.
As well as outer colonias, areas in Mazatlán that will feel the effects of low water pressure and/or
absence of water are:
El Castillo, La Sierna, Urías, Quinta Chapalita, Casa Redonda, Centro, Lázaro Cárdenas, Playa Sur,
Balcones de Loma Linda, Cerritos Resort, La Riviera, Lomas del Mar, Lomas del Valle, Real de Valle,
Terranova Plus, Infonavit Jabalíes, Infonavit Playas, Valles del Ejido,Venustiano Carranza and 20 de
Noviembre.
(from Noroeste)
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