Sinaloa.- The general manager of Jumapam, Osbaldo López Angulo, assured that almost finish The problem of the turbidity of the water In Mazatlan. According to the city official, about 4 million pesos were applied in pretreatments for bring down the problem.
“We have already removed the pretreatment, we are no longer applying it because it is not necessary, the dam basin is almost clean,” said Osbaldo López.
Jumapam has five clean dikes, in three or four days the sixth will also be free of turbidity. A 98 percent is clean water advance.
Jumapam, together with members of Conselva, announced approximately four months ago that the turbidity was due to the deforestation that exists in the area of the Picachos dam.
In the month of December, the Jumapam reported that around 100,000 pesos were spent daily to mitigate the dirtiness of the water.
This treatment was carried out in the water treatment plants, but also in the canals.
They even formed camps on the main channel, on the right bank of the Presidio River.
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What was deposited in the water was aluminum sulfate and cationic polymer, according to Juvencio Garzón, head of purification for the Potable Water Board.
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