Tulum, Q.R. — The Potable Water and Sewerage Commission (CAPA) is considering a new catchment well for Tulum. Given the town’s continued growth, the state water agency is looking for alternatives to provide water.
The Comisión de Agua Potable y Alcantarillado (CAPA) has submitted a new project for approval to the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat).
Their proposed project includes a new extraction zone approximately 13 kilometers outside the town of Tulum in the direction of the town of Macario Gómez. The zone would include two dozen 30-meter-deep wells with a diameter of 14 inches each, equipped to extract up to 25 liters per second.
“Due to the distribution of the 24 wells for the collection of the flows produced, internal conduction lines would be built in each one, that is, an interconnection, which will incorporate into a main aqueduct starting at the entrance of the new area that in turn, will lead them to the urban area of Tulum,” it reads.
The coastal area of Tulum in particular continues to be affected by the lack of CAPA infrastructure. Dozens of water trucks arrive daily to provide fresh water, which adds to the already heavily congested traffic. There are yet to be details on a possible construction date.