Fernando Rambaldi launched strong accusations against the Colón Punilla Water and Sanitation Cooperative Association, which left Saldán, Villa Allende, Mendiolaza and Unquillo without supply.
“La Calera has had our water overbilled for months, they say we owe it 600 million and in reality they owe us more than 1 billion for overcharging us for 2 years. That is why we have prosecuted the claim and knowing that they are going to lose, they cut off our water to extort money from us. It's as if the credit card invented your consumption and then uses the summary as proof that you owe it. Crazy!” , he said
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In this context, he explained that there is an ongoing negotiation and remarked: “I cannot continue to pay a company that owes money to neighbors.”
Problems with water in La Calera and other towns in Sierras Chicas
According to Rambaldi, the problem this time originated during maintenance tasks on the Suquía river catchment system
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“They haven't done maintenance for more than a year. When they tried to do so, pipes, motors and connections broke,” he said.
The mayor was even more critical when referring to the company: “They don't present construction or maintenance plans. The results are disastrous
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He also questioned the lack of official information: “They don't tell us how long the cut will be or what investments they are making.”
The Municipality of La Calera reported that it is analyzing legal actions that could correspond to the company's conduct and the harm caused to the community.
This is the Association of Cooperatives Colón Punilla Agua y Saneamiento S.A., which provides the “service” to Saldán, Villa Allende, Mendiolaza and Unquillo, in addition to La Calera.
The company in question, without prior notice, left all those localities without water this Friday and for a couple more days, which had to leave the emergency to help the neighbors loading their tanks with loaded trucks in Córdoba.
The situation can become more serious considering that hospitals, schools and various institutions such as clubs can also suffer cuts
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The Calera Central club, for example, decided to suspend all training sessions scheduled for this Friday.
Rambaldi, against the water company set up by Peronism The
Association of Cooperatives Colón Punilla Water and Sanitation reported a restriction on the wholesale supply of drinking water in the southern region of the corridor, due to operational problems at the La
Calera Water Treatment Plant.
As detailed in an official statement, the problem originates from the ingress of raw water, which directly impacts the production and distribution of the service to different locations.
Mayor Rambaldi sees a political move behind this, since it is a company that left Facundo Rufeil's previous management of Peronism.
“Before, La Calera didn't pay for water. Since we took office, we started paying a bill of 200 million pesos per month,” said Rambaldi, who categorically denied the versions that indicated
