In the early hours of yesterday in Almuñécar the town lost its mains water supply. According to the utilities company, Aguas y Servicios, the problem began around six in the morning when the system that maintains water pressure began to fail.

The company maintenance workers thought that they had solved the problem around 08.30h because water was starting to return to some homes, but the same valve failed again.

The company then decided to bypass the valve, thus returning the water supply; a slow solution because several hours went by before everything went back to normal.

Now, with the water back on, Aguas y Servicios are left scratching their heads, looking at a duff valve regulating the pressure in the system. It doesn’t look simple but, when they do figure out a plan, be prepared for the water to be cut again whilst the system is definitively repaired.

(News: Almunecar, Costa Tropical, Granada, Andalucia)