Pará de Minas awaits the arrival of the mud that sank in Brumadinho | New

The fingers indicate what the eyes have trouble believing. "Our mother, the train there is only a sadness.All ended there," laments João Marcos Soares da Silva, farmer.

There are about a hundred thousand people in the path of residues. Vale announced Monday the installation of a sediment retention membrane before the water collection point intended to supply the city of Pará de Minas, located about 40 km from Brumadinho.

Technicians were on site late in the afternoon of this Tuesday (29), but the equipment should arrive only Wednesday (30). "We are always worried because the river is very close to us, it's very sad, it's really sad," says a resident.

A bulletin issued by the Brazilian Geological Survey late in the afternoon indicates that the mud is moving more slowly. Forecasts for the arrival of residues in Pará de Minas have risen from Tuesday evening to Wednesday.

In the city, technicians monitor the amount of solid particles every 15 minutes. "Following the follow-up, as soon as we have identified the approach to this site, we will suspend supply provisionally," said Thiago Contage, superintendent of the concessionaire Águas de Pará de Minas.

Paraopeba is one of the most important sources of supply in Pará de Minas and one of the emergency measures adopted by the company responsible for this supply is to reactivate six artesian wells in urban areas. Together, they are able to provide up to 30 liters of water per second, which would help minimize the impacts on the population. Tests have already confirmed that water is good to consume.

The mud should follow the Paraopeba River to the Retiro Baixo hydroelectric plant in Pompeii. The new bulletin states that there is no longer any way to predict when the mud will reach the tank. As a precaution, the turbines have been shut down and should only restart when the tailings are no longer a threat.