Sixteen localities of the Union of Parishes of Colmeias e Memória, in Leiria, are without public water supply this Wednesday, said a source from the Municipal Water and Sanitation Service (SMAS), which guaranteed that the interruption does not affect firefighting.
At the moment, the towns that are still without water are located in the Union of Parishes of Colmeias and Memoria,” said the Leiria SMAS, explaining that “the water supply in these towns was interrupted by the electrical failure that presented in this area very affected by the fires”.
In a piece of information sent to Lusa at 11:45, the company clarified that access to the site of the SMAS teams “was prevented during the night, but at dawn this Wednesday” they were blocked. activated “all means to restore power (in conjunction with E-REDES) and the supply of water to the population”.
This interruption of the water supply did not affect the firefighting process, since alternative filling points were indicated for the tank trucks,” highlighted the company, which guaranteed to be attentive and in tune with civil protection, in addition to having “teams of that allow to guarantee the continuity of the water supply to the populations”.
Stressing that there is a “limit situation”, the company also made a “strong call on the population to use public water, as far as possible, only for human consumption and for priority uses”.
According to the Leiria SMAS, the The localities affected by the lack of water are Urticaria, Farraposa, Lameiria, Valongo, Outeiro da Lameira, Outeiro da Lameiria, Barreiro, Barrosa, Crasto, Beans, Lagares, Lourais, Memória, Casal do Monte, Portela do Outeiro and Tôco.
The management company of the electricity distribution network E-REDES registered this Wednesday some occurrences of electricity supply interruptions related to low voltage in the municipalities of Ourém, Ansião, Leiria and Pombal due to the fires.
“Right now, there are some power outages related to low voltage in the municipalities of Ourém, Ansião, Leiria and Pombal, which are being progressively restored, according to the requests we are receiving and the indications of the competent local structures” . , an official source from E-REDES told the Lusa agency.
Source: Observadora
