“Fixing the damaged water pipe will take several days. At the same time, the company is working on alternative ways to get water to consumers,” said Jose Miguel Santos Gonzalez, General Director of the Georgian Water & Power (GWP) Company.
GWP Director General said the company’s employees are working 24/7 to resolve the problem.
“We work 24/7 in three directions to reach the damaged pipe and repair it quickly. We began work last night to remove the land cover. It will take us several days to approach the damaged pipe and start repairing it.
“At the same time, we are trying to develop alternative pipes to supply water to our consumers. We managed to supply water with a schedule to 63 thousand consumers. The water will run from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. and from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. We have 15 reservoirs available to deliver water to the places where we cannot supply water through the system,” he said.
For more than two days, part of the population of Tbilisi and Mtskheta had no water. More than 60,000 subscribers, about 300,000 people, today remain without water. Taking into account that the air temperature in Tbilisi these days has reached 35 degrees and also that the active tourist season has started, lack of water creates particularly big problems.
GWP reports that the quality of drinking water in the distribution network of the capital fully complies with the norms established by the national regulations and is safe for human health.
“Difficult technical works are being carried out to fix the damage to the central main water supply pipeline near the village of Tsitsamuri. Until the damage is repaired, Tbilisi’s water supply system is working in emergency mode.
“During the restoration of the water supply, the water may have a different color during the first few minutes, which is caused by frequent changes in the water pressure in the network,” reads the information.
