The furnishing of this document is being effectively throughout Chile, especially in those communities affected by disaster February 27.
To deal with possible floods that cause breaks by the earthquake in sewerage and water networks, the Undersecretary of Public Works, Loreto Silva, along with the superintendent of Health Services, Magaly Espinosa, had a manual intended for families to learn by example how to act from being flooded homes during the winter.
"After overcoming the emergency that caused the earthquake in providing rural and urban drinking water in vast areas between the regions of Valparaiso and La AraucanÃa, said the Ministry of Public Works is focused on two major tasks," said the secretary.
The first one, said the authority, corresponds to the reconstruction of 422 rural water systems were damaged, mostly in their tanks and pipes, with an investment of $ 28,160 million.
"The second great task-as-is related how to handle possible breakages that caused the earthquake in sewerage systems and drinking water pipes, whose effects we can dimension during the coming winter, "said Loreto Silva.
To do this, he said, the Ministry of Public Works by the Superintendency of Health Services, are providing a handbook for families to learn by example how to act from being flooded their homes, knowing what to do before, during and after an event of this type.
This document provides valuable advice, many of them vital to the safety of people.
Some content to highlight in this manual correspond to the preventive measures before a flood: how to check the house and you are in a flood zone, maintaining flashlight and batteries, unplug electrical items, and have elements of disinfection, etc. .
also includes advice at the time of flooding, such as: stay calm, move away to a high place, not to cross flooded areas (for example, with 15 inches of water can lose your balance).
The manual also gives advice after the flood: how to disinfect the water (with chlorine or boiling), dry and sanitize the house and vacuum the backwaters. This document has been distributed to the municipalities of the main areas affected, in order to spread through the neighborhood boards.
also available on the websites of the Ministry of Public Works (www.mop.cl) and the Superintendency of Sanitary Services (www.siss.cl). For its part, the superintendent Magaly Espinosa stressed the need to "make good use of sewage by households within and outside the home, for example, not to throw garbage in it, nor uncover the cameras to evacuate the water rains. "
Parallel to the above, joins the Winter Plan instructed by the Superintendent to the health services companies, consisting of the preventive maintenance of networks and wastewater lifting plants for the operation of the system, minimizing the risk of overflows.
regard, Undersecretary Loreto Silva said that "the Ministry of Public Works continues to work in coordination with the Superintendence of Health Services to audit the program is preventive maintenance of sewer and water pipes drinking. However, he stressed, must be prepared and alert for any damage that may occur during system this winter, a period that also gauge the real impact will that caused the earthquake in this part of the health infrastructure. "
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