Comments on: Water a Priority for Porfirio in 2010 http://www.hondurasnews.com/2009/12/31/water-a-priority-for-porfirio-in-2010/ News of Honduras in English Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:31:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: miraclemant http://www.hondurasnews.com/2009/12/31/water-a-priority-for-porfirio-in-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-12694 miraclemant Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:01:41 +0000 http://www.hondurasnews.com/?p=3634#comment-12694 In a country with so much annual rainfall, that they should have a water shortage is absurd! Rather than spend the Lempiras on drilling new wells, it seems to me that capturing the stormwater runoff, building storage facilities and water purification plants makes more sense. But I understand that drilling new wells is the fastest and cheapest way to alleviate this problem. but then if the water table level continues to drop, each and every well will have to have the pumps pulled, and drilled deeper and deeper as the water table drops. This is NOT a long term solution. another problem I have witnessed all over Honduras is that so many people and businesses leave their water running 24 hours a day. If I was in charge of the water, I would start installing meters..... 1st in businesses and then residences until ALL water customers were metered. let those who use the most pay the most for the new enfastructure. In a country with so much annual rainfall, that they should have a water shortage is absurd!

Rather than spend the Lempiras on drilling new wells, it seems to me that capturing the stormwater runoff, building storage facilities and water purification plants makes more sense.

But I understand that drilling new wells is the fastest and cheapest way to alleviate this problem. but then if the water table level continues to drop, each and every well will have to have the pumps pulled, and drilled deeper and deeper as the water table drops. This is NOT a long term solution.

another problem I have witnessed all over Honduras is that so many people and businesses leave their water running 24 hours a day. If I was in charge of the water, I would start installing meters….. 1st in businesses and then residences until ALL water customers were metered. let those who use the most pay the most for the new enfastructure.

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