Overview
- State water agency CAEM confirmed a master pipe ruptured Friday night in San Miguel Xochimanga, sending more than a meter of water into streets and homes.
- CAEM deployed 20 Grupo Tláloc specialists with excavators, pump trucks and support vehicles, while Protección Civil and Atizapán firefighters secured the area and assisted residents.
- Authorities announced a temporary suspension of potable water service in Atizapán, Tlalnepantla and Cuautitlán Izcalli, and asked residents to conserve during the interruption.
- An operational plan will distribute tanker trucks to strategic points and a damage census is underway to target cleanup assistance for affected households and businesses.
- Excavation work focuses on locating and replacing a damaged section of a 72-inch concrete line tied to the Sistema Barrientos, with some reporting that a sinkhole worsened damage to the network.