Oil Thieves Puncture Pipeline in Tabasco, Thousands Left Without Drinking Water The Canadian Press | |
go to original April 16, 2015 |
Contaminated river in Tabasco. (@prociviltabasco)
Mexican oil thieves punctured a pipeline, dumping oil into rivers that supply water to the city of Villahermosa, leaving over 200,000 people without water.
Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco has set up an emergency plan to supply drinking water to the capital of Villahermosa after oil thieves punctured a pipeline, contaminating rivers that normally supply the city.
The spill late last week sent workers with the state-owned oil company scrambling to limit damage, and four of Villahermosa’s water treatment plants were shut down as a precaution.
The Tabasco state government said that it will temporarily supply water using 13 tanker trucks.
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