Public Water Distribution System

Public Water Distribution System

Central America and Guatemala especially have an abundance of water resources, many are groundwater. La Antigua Guatemala is located in a valley irrigated with over six months of a rainy season per year. La Antigua Guatemala is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that collect even more water. Much of this collected rain ends up as groundwater.

Water belongs to the Guatemalan people and it’s managed by the government; national and local government. In theory, Guatemalans don’t pay for the water itself, but for the distribution system; that is the electricity to pump it and the distribution pipes. The water bill can vary a lot from zone to zone for the same amount of distributed water.

Water is always available in the wealthy neighborhood homes. Water is rarely available in the poor neighborhood homes. Water is not even available in many villages homes. This reality is what brings us to today’s picture. This public water faucet is located in San Pedro Las Huertas, one the villages that belong to La Antigua Guatemala county (municipio in Spanish). That people actually use this public tap water faucet makes me believe that water is not available in all the houses in this community.

How’s the water situation in your neck of the woods?

Disclaimer: I write the above the best of my knowledge, which is not much. So if you know better or can provide actual facts and statistics, please, do so. This web site and all of us benefit from your input.

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