Benito Juárez Mayor’s Office investigates reports of water contamination

Through a statement, it was announced that the Mayor of Benito Juárez, Jaime Isael Mata Salasordered the Executive Directorate of Civil Protection of the demarcation collect Water samples at homes reported by residents concerned regarding the possible supply contamination.

In this way, it emerged that these samples will be sent to an external laboratory in order to ensure the health of the inhabitants of the area.

In this sense, a collaboration has been established with the Mexico City Water System (SACMEX) to rule out any presence of pollutants in water supplied through the public network.

According to the first reports, the water with some type of contamination focuses on the Nonoalco, Nochebuena, Ciudad de los Deportes and Del Valle Norte and Centro neighborhoods.

Itchy feeling on the skin

This document included testimonies from residents of the mayor’s office, such as the case of Jorge Alonso, a resident of the Christmas Eve colonywho shared: “My wife went into the bath and felt her body itch.So, yes it is worrying, I have 2 girls, ages 10 and 6, who, well, the truth is, I wouldn’t want something to happen to them due to some carelessness, or something that has water, and it is water that is used for everything.”

Meanwhile, Iker Urrutia, another resident of the same neighborhood, indicated that since Sunday They have noticed a strange smell in the water: “The building administrator came to warn us not to consume water from the intake, well, from the building for drinking, for brushing teeth, for cooking, for anything, that we should use pure water from a jug, because she already had reports, she had gone to other condos to see what I was with diesel or with some solvent water“So, we went down to the tanker and it did have a smell of fuel.”