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The Rio State government estimates that the water shortage in Guapimirim, in the Baixada Fluminense, reached 60,000 people this week and that 2,000 of them were at risk of not have access to drinking water or bottles of water. At a press conference on Sunday (5), Governor Wilson Witzel and Secretary of Civil Defense Roberto Robadey, listed measures to restore service.
According to Witzel, the problem began four days ago and this Friday, the local mayor asked the state for help.
"There was already a deficit of nearly 70% of the water supply and such heat, a particularly worrying situation for the poorest communities, the lack of water was really extremely worrying – more than 2 000 people could not afford it, then work was also started with the Legion of Good Will for the donation of drinking water and, for this reason, a mobilization of the society and state of the JR is also obliged, through the Civil Defense and Cedae, to help in this situation said Witzel.
The governor has blamed the problem to the concessionaire responsible for the management of the water supply on the site, fault Filters and Reservoirs Investments According to Robadey, last week's rains in the region caused landslides in Rio Soberbo, which supplies the city, which has made water
About 60,000 inhabitants of Guapimirim are without water
