The concessionaire of the municipal water service the City of Cartagena, Murcia Aquagest, is now repairing the conduct of 800 mm that caters to Cartagena from the reservoir of the Commonwealth Taibilla Channel, including work within the corrective actions for the maintenance and improvement of Municipal Water Network.
This is one of the main supply lines to Cartagena, which affects the town of Cartagena (Eixample, Sector Station, Bda. San Ginés and the six hundred), La Palma, La Puebla, La Aparecida and Beaza Cabezo Industrial Estate from Commonwealth reservoir channel located Taibilla Beaza Cabezo, which normally flow is 2,500 cubic meters per hour and supplies with a capacity of 30,000 cubic meters.
The reason for the repair has been a rift in the board that has caused a water leak in that driving localized to the street level of Torreciega Quintilian and was detected as a result of performance monitoring of major arteries Aquagest done weekly, so it has been known that runaway water flow has not reached 60 cubic meters.
The coordination of work to repair has been extended in time because the other networks to supply the city were closed by the numerous works that are running under Plan E.
The work has involved the replacement of 10 feet of pipe type BONA (concrete sheet soul), which requires a crane for movement of large dimensions, because their weight over 700 kilos.
Only the material needed for repair, regardless of staff (five operators, a foreman and a technician) and earthworks and replacement, a cost of more than 9,000 euros.
The company conesionaria municipal water service the City of Cartagena has secured the supply to all residents, not to be affected by the works, as the section under repair is located between valves that facilitate the supply of other pipes.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena