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Communities will have to wait until mid-year for arsenic free water

December 30, 2013 by Staff News Writer

Residents of communities in Guanacaste, receive water with a tanker, then comes home to arsenic-contaminated water. (CRH)


Although the Constitutional Court ordered the national water company (aYa) to implement a solution to arsenic contaminated water in several communities in Guanacaste, the final solution will not be ready until May of 2014. In August, the Comptroller authorized the direct hiring of a firm that was selected in December. Construction is expected to begin in four months. An estimated 10,000 people in Bagaces and Cañas are currently receiving truck deliveries of water.

Original Article in crhoy.com

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