The drinking water service will be affected for 18 hours in the districts of Panama and San Miguelito due to the shutdown of the Federico Guardia Conte water treatment plant, located in Chilibre. This sector is located in La Cabima, North Panama, from where this project for the conduction and storage of drinking water begins. The first movements at the site were focused on the placement of the automated cutting equipment that will allow to extract a 2.77-meter section of the pipeline. Subsequently, the 2-meter diameter ductile iron T-type pipe section will be assembled, which, along with other accessories, had been prepared since Friday afternoon. In addition to the placement of other necessary implements for the cutting and replacement maneuvers. SINCE 4 IN THE MORNING, ALL PERSONNEL ON SITE VERIFIED EACH DETAIL, SUCH AS THE MACHINERY, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, SIGNALING, AND PROTECTION. Members of the contracting company, the IDAAN technical team, the National Police, medical assistance, and other essential actors for the event were also present. So far, the tasks are advancing at a good pace and as scheduled. In addition to the interconnection ring works, maintenance will be carried out at the electrical substation, inspections at the raw water pumping station, coordinated with the Panama Canal Authority. The National Institute of Aqueducts and Sewers (Idaan) began the works for the interconnection of the East Hydraulic Ring to the main water conduction line, in María Henríquez.
