El Salvador - GFDRR
El Salvador - GFDRR
El Salvador - GFDRR
Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
74 | <strong>El</strong> <strong>Salvador</strong>: Damage, Loss, and Needs Assesment<br />
IMAGE 26. DAMAGES TO PIPES<br />
Source: Ministry of Public Works (MOP).<br />
Even those households that have drinking water service are forced to invest up to 5% of their productive<br />
time collecting water because of service interruptions due, among other things, to the decrease in<br />
water reserves during drought periods.<br />
Statistics show the relationship between the lack of access to water and the greater risk of illness and<br />
death. It has been found that the infant mortality rate in households without residential connections is<br />
approximately 40 deaths for each 1,000 births, and in households with connections the rate is reduced<br />
to 30 deaths per 1,000 births. The economic result of the impact on health has been estimated at US$89<br />
million per year.<br />
b) Effects of the disaster<br />
The effects of Tropical Storm Ida and the low-pressure system on the water and sanitation sector total<br />
US$19.7 million, of which US$12.7 million correspond to damages and US$7 million to losses.<br />
Urban and rural water systems. The National Administration of Water Supply and Sewerage (Administración<br />
Nacional de Acueductos y Alcantarillados -ANDA) recorded damages in 34 of its drinking water<br />
supply systems (water main), which include 34 pumping stations and their respective water mains that<br />
serve 49 municipalities with a population served of 1,085,619 residents. In rural areas (whose water supply<br />
is administered by the Water Committees and Community Development Associations (Asociaciones de<br />
Desarrollo Comunal–ADESCOS), 58 drinking water systems have been reported to be damaged. In addition,<br />
the Social Investment Fund for Local Development (Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local<br />
-FISDL) reported damages in 584 wells located in rural areas.<br />
The damages reported are mainly caused by the flooding of pumping stations that caused the structural<br />
collapse of their walls and severe damage to their equipment. Conduction lines were damaged due<br />
to the landslide that brought with it the fracture of the line and losses of segments of large- and smalldiameter<br />
pipes, especially those located along the path of creeks.