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In Acapulco The water supply began to improve after the hurricane Otis in 2023, but the passage of John last week has forced inhabitants of different neighborhoods to extract water from wells and rivers for cooking, bathing and in some cases drinking.
In the Icacos neighborhood, one of those affected by the heavy rains For a few days now, Arturo has been painting houses and to bring water to his family he has to climb up to a well and use buckets to collect as much liquid as he can.
Although for years they have suffered from lack of water for a few days or weeks, depending on the location, the impact of John in the port aggravated the problematic.
“Well, I have to go down to the stream here with water with drainage to use water for my work and I have to go up to a little pool of water to be able to wash clothes, and we have to go higher to get water to drink, but it is cleaner, This is how I solve myself with my family.
“Yes, it scares me because the water is not boiled, it is a risk that I have with my family of some disease, some bacteria that arrives and the water (…) but the need is great, I have to bring water to the house.”
While carrying water from a river, Arturo asks the government “to get its act together” to resolve the shortage mentioning that this affects many workers of the town.
“This worsened (the water shortage) with the OtisNow with John there will be less water, there was no water. “It was just beginning to fall and there is no more.”
The cologne Icacos It is one of the poorest in the port of Acapulcothe majority of its inhabitants work in beach services or in the hotel sector, which have been affected by the freak natural.
However, others like Don José Luis, a former teacher who today sells popsicles in the entrance of his house, says that his small business has also been affected by the shortage of waterwhose service they still continue to charge.
“In Acapulco I think that in general we all suffer from this, but in Icacos in this neighborhood we have been without a service for almost a month and a half and they are charging us and not giving us a service.
“The bill came to me for 1,271 pesos, we have not had service for a long time and it is being charged without having water,” he said.
The news about the arrival of a new storm tropical storm that could touch Guerrero lands causes fear among the inhabitants who had not yet fully recovered from Hurricane Otis when John It impacted last week, generating losses in different areas of the state.
“John It affected us a lot because it was very slow and delayed by throwing water for too long and then they said the other one is coming. Then the feeling is one of fear because it has affected us all quite psychologically and economically.”
This Thursday, the president Claudia Sheinbaummembers of his cabinet and Guerrero authorities held a meeting for the second consecutive day, this time remotely, to outline the strategy to solve the supply of drinking water, as well as continue with the census of affected people left by the hurricane John.
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