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If you live in Las Palmas, do not drink tap water

If you live in Las Palmas, do not drink tap water

• opens a file to the company Aguas de Las Palmas Corporation

Efe notif affected ranges and 1.1 and 1.3 milligrams per liter , when the limit established by English law is 1 milligram per liter. This ban on using tap water for drinking, cooking or food preparation

also affects their use in the food industry

based in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, a city with a population of 381,000 inhabitants. Only allowed the use of drinking water for cleaning and personal hygiene. However, usually in the capital of Gran Canaria the population is often used for domestic food use bottled water, due to the bad taste of desalinated water that is supplied to the homes. neighborhoods of the capital of Gran Canaria affected by the restriction, which comprise the majority of the population, are those of Arenales, Guanarteme, La Minilla, Santa Catalina, Las Canteras and La Isleta, Puerto de La Luz, Tafira Montañeta, The Hoyos, Marzagan, Vegueta, San Cristobal, El Batan, San Roque, Triana and Miller.

Boron is a chemical element found in large quantities

in sea water and the infrastructure of water treatment and desalination Emalsa available at this time ", said today the utility, "can not reduce its concentration within established "by the Royal Decree 140/2003 of Feb. 7.

The restriction will remain until it is corrected the alteration and regional health administration" appropriate to the lifting of the same "as Emalsa, which has enabled a telephone permanent information, the address 902.36.17.40 to the affected citizens.

In an urgent press conference, the City of Las Palmas announced last night that the water supply of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria have concentrations of boron "slightly higher"

to the limits permitted by current legislation, so called "stealth" until health officials say if drinking. After order the restriction of human water consumption, the Ministry of Health of the Canary Islands government reported that

had opened disciplinary proceedings to the company Aguas de Las Palmas Corporation (Emalsa) for violating the royal decree establishing health criteria the quality of drinking water.