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TijuanaGirl
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Water turned off on a constant basis in Tijuana
In my part of TJ the water company shuts the water off an average of 1-2 times a month. I have not learned the reason why they turn it off.
When it is off it will stay off anywhere between 3 hours and 3 days.
In the last 4 weeks the water company appears to be trying to break their record: The water has been turned off approximately 3-5 times. The outages
are lasting 1- 3 days.
I talked with one person at the store and she said that she never experiences a water outage in her part of TJ, which surprised me. I thought most of
the city would be impacted by an outage.
Does the water company shut the water off with the same degree of regularity in your neighborhood of Tijuana?
[Edited on 1-7-2014 by TijuanaGirl]
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Mula
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Happens almost every evening at 6 the water in Lopez Mateos is shut off and turned back on in the morning.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Mula
Happens almost every evening at 6 the water in Lopez Mateos is shut off and turned back on in the morning. |
Is Lopez Mateos a colony in Tijuana?
And have you discovered a reason why the water company has all of these outages on a constant basis?
It would appear that a business like a restaurant or a coffee shop would lose money due to all the outages that occur.
All the other utility services appear to run fine, including Internet service. It's just the water company that can't get their act together, in my
part of TJ.
I wonder if other people in TJ are experiencing the same problem with the water service company on their side of town.
[Edited on 1-7-2014 by TijuanaGirl]
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Water outages are why you see so many places with the large black water tanks on the roof. They store it to use during the outages.
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Could it be that 2013 has the distinction as the driest year on record in Southern California?
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TijuanaGirl
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| Quote: | Originally posted by larryC
Water outages are why you see so many places with the large black water tanks on the roof. They store it to use during the outages.
Larry |
I never noticed any black tanks, but maybe now I will.
I just took a look out my window. I can see houses off in the distance.
I can see one apartment complex that has a large tank on the roof - hard to tell but it looks to be about 10 feet tall - approximately. And pretty
wide.
But it's not black, it's white. Not sure, but the tank appears to contain fluid. The fluid is clear. The tank appears to be half full.
It's a bit of a let down when you have an important date or meeting and you can't take a shower because the water is turned off.
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In the neighborhoods I have lived in TJ, the water may have been shut off once or twice a year for a few hours. That was Colonia Libertad and Agua
Caliente. The eclectric would go off about once a year. I would look at the shut off valve when the water goes off to make sure it is not the
problem.
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TijuanaGirl
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
I would look at the shut off valve when the water goes off to make sure it is not the problem. |
I hope I'm not being too presumptuous here and if I am let me know.
But the landlord lives onsite and he doesn't like the outages, either. He's also mechanically inclined. He also has some men who work on site who are
mechanically inclined.
So I'm assuming it has less to do with a shut off valve and more to do with the local water company.
Thanks for the suggestion.
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TijuanaGirl
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bajalearner
In the neighborhoods I have lived in TJ, the water may have been shut off once or twice a year for a few hours. That was Colonia Libertad and Agua
Caliente. |
I know Agua Caliente is supposed to be a nice area to live. How about Colonia Libertad, is it as nice (or near as nice) as Agua Caliente?
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I hope TijuanaGirl reads Spanish!
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i guess always have a couple sparkletts bottles filled for when you just soaped up and the well goes dry?
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I have to say this is pretty normal, especially out in the boonies. In Puerta Trampa there's only water for four hours every third day, because that's
when they can run the generator to get the water pump running, so everyone fills up. In the rural mainland it works the same way. Even in Ensenada
most people have tanks on the roof.
In this case, it seems like major construction work was done.
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I'm also in Tijuana, but my water has only been off for a few hours one day, and I'm in Colonia Independencia.
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TijuanaGirl
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| Quote: | Originally posted by David K
I hope TijuanaGirl reads Spanish! |
No I can't read Spanish - even worse is that the majority of the text cannot be copied off of Facebook and pasted into Word Reference's online
translator no matter which web browser is used. In other words, the text is not copy-paste friendly, if that makes sense.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
I'm also in Tijuana, but my water has only been off for a few hours one day, and I'm in Colonia Independencia. |
One day?
One day out of the month, out of the year, out of 5 years...?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by TijuanaGirl
| Quote: | Originally posted by tjsue
I'm also in Tijuana, but my water has only been off for a few hours one day, and I'm in Colonia Independencia. |
One day?
One day out of the month, out of the year, out of 5 years...?
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I've been living in Tijuana since the end of September. I have 10 one gallon jugs of water that are for that purpose only, if and when the time comes
they have to be used.
If you search the subject in the San Diego Reader online, you'll see an article that was written on the water turnoff.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dasubergeek
I have to say this is pretty normal, especially out in the boonies. |
Trust me, I'm not out in the boonies. I'm in the heartland, so to speak.
I am shocked that it's "pretty normal" as you described it.
I had gotten used to the once or twice a month outage as being "normal", but to be bombarded with outages in December 2013 - almost right up to
Christmas Eve - was a bit much especially during a holiday like Christmas.
The water was off at around 5am this morning and now, at approximately 7:00 pm, it's still off 14 hours later.
It appears that Colonia Libertad might have less outages. Is Colonia Libertad a nice area in which to live?
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As to drought ... and the distribution of Colorado River water
"Feds Slash Colorado River Release to Historic Lows"
From a National Geo piece ... it's interactive ... 1999 > 2013
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/08/130816-color...
PUBLISHED AUGUST 16, 2013
"It's as if a giant sucked up an astonishing amount of water with a straw. Some 8.23 million acre-feet of water is supposed to flow each year into
Lake Mead from Lake Powell to serve Nevada, Arizona, California, and Mexico, per long-standing interstate and international
agreements. But the past 14 years have been tough."
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