San Miguel de Allende will have a world-class “aquaférico”

Published August 5th, 2021

By the end of this month, San Miguel de Allende will have world-class water supply equipment.

This is its “Complimentary Drinking Water Supply System”, which will consolidate the “Ignacio Allende Aquifer”, a first-world hydraulic engineering work installed for the first time in the history of the municipality.

In fact, this “aquaférico” is the only one of its kind in the entire state of Guanajuato.

According to a press release, the technical “heart” of this aquifer is the sump of the “Unidad Deportiva” which will be “fed” with the water from the new well “El Mirador” already completed and ready to operate, two that are in the process of being drilled and three more in the pipeline.

The municipal government that everything is being done with an investment of more than 105 million pesos and will be completed by the end of August.

PUMPING TO THE MAXIMUM
These wells will pump an average of 45 liters per second to the “Unidad Deportiva” pumping station, which will receive around 270 liters per second and will distribute them through a 12.2-kilometer conduction system to the “La Mesa”, “Independencia”, “El Caracol” and “San Miguel Tres Cruces” tanks; that is, to the upper, west and northwest areas of the city.

Thus, through the tanks, it will reach homes through a sectorization plan that, with the implementation of technology, will make it possible to reduce energy and liquid expenses. It is very important that citizens participate in the care and sustainability of water.

At this moment, San Miguel de Allende covers its water demand. The aquifer will meet the needs of the population until at least the year 2041; it will even allow the wells that are currently operating to rest.