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NORTH (MARINA ALTA/LA SAFOR EDITION)
January 2015
Friday August 7 - Thursday August 13 2015
Issue 825
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High and dry ANGRY RESIDENTS of a Marina Alta urbanisation were left without mains water for 72 hours after a pump feeding the supply suddenly broke down.
by Jack Troughton
Not just ‘Dusty Bin’! By Jack Troughton GREEN GLASS recycling bins have been given something of a facelift in a bid to encourage a more friendly approach to recycling glass. The bins have been given a comic character by company Ecovidrio in Javea and Denia; introducing surfers, divers, waiters, and policemen – a change that has put a smile on the face of residents and visitors.
MORE THAN 400 homes on Monte Solana, Pedregeur, found the taps ran dry on Sunday afternoon and the service was not restored until Tuesday evening. Faced with soaring temperatures, many people found it hard to cope – and the very old and very young were worst affected. Residents complained they were given no information from Pedregeur Town Hall – the incident did not even make the ‘news’ page of the local authority website – and the only advice was to use buckets of water from swimming pools to flush the toilet. RTN was told that the local office of Valencia-based water company TECVASA appeared to be uninterested in their plight, although the head office and engineers working to rectify the problem were understanding and apologetic. One resident said: “For 72 hours the entire urbanisation was without water – no water for the toilet, no bath or shower water, no water in the kitchen, nothing. “The reason being the sole pump feeding the urbanisation with water had broken down. TECVASA, which maintains it, said the pump weighs 4,000kg but is buried 200 metres into the ground...not something you just buy off the shelf. He said the company took over the town hall water contract two years ago and “inherited” the problem. “But that is no solace to residents, many of whom are pensioners and many are not in the best of health, especially in high temperatures.
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