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Scheduled Water Cuts Roll Out in Argentina and Peru as Unplanned ABSA Outage Hits Buenos Aires

Utilities conduct maintenance to improve service with tankers positioned for affected districts.

Overview

  • ABSA reported an unplanned outage on October 3 affecting Campana’s Las Campanas, Ariel del Plata and Santa Florentina, with a power cut disrupting service in Los Hornos from 8:00 to 16:00 and pipe work lowering pressure in Gonnet.
  • Sedapal continued programmed interruptions in Lima on October 3 for reservoir cleaning, listing Independencia from 12:00 to 20:00 and Ate from 8:00 to 20:00, with water trucks assigned to hard‑hit areas.
  • Sedapar executed scheduled cuts in Arequipa on October 2–3 for reservoir cleaning and regulator maintenance, covering Socabaya, Pedregal and Cayma with published sector and hour-by-hour timetables.
  • AYSAM carried out a planned cut in Luján, Mendoza, on October 3 from 9:00 to 13:00 for pump-system maintenance, affecting defined corridors between Viamonte, Ruta 82, Pueyrredón and Besares plus Cerro Alto and Aguaribay.
  • ASSA announced a full service suspension in Rafaela from 22:00 on October 4 to 23:59 on October 5 for cistern cleaning, with related impacts in nearby localities and a gradual return with possible temporary turbidity.