Two portable water treatment plants on their way to Peru

Each of these portable water treatment plants is capable of supplying a thousand people a day.
The President of the Council of Majorca, Francina Armengol, had a meeting yesterday with the director of the Majorcan Solidarity Fund, Catalina Socias, and heads of the Firemen without Frontiers on the island to learn about the work this organisation is doing in the South American country and offer help to install the two water treatment plants.

According to Joan Rossello, member of the Firemen without Frontiers, eight people from the organisation, composed of firemen from Palma and the Council of Majorca's fire brigade, are planning to travel around September 7 to the rural area of Pisco, one of the regions most affected by the earthquake two weeks ago.

Rossello explained that help had not been sent before because at that time the rescuers had not reached the rural areas, during the first few days all efforts had been concentrated on the coastal areas, of which he said they are now “flooded with aid”.

On the other hand, the rural areas have no supplies, and because of this they will try to get to these areas to install what is most needed at the moment, a system to supply drinking water to the victims.

After that, the Solidarity Fund will look at the necessities of the population to decide on reconstruction work.
The 15'000 euros given by the Council of Majorca will cover this initiative and the firemen hope to arrive at the chosen areas in the near future, to install the water treatment plants and to train people in the area in how to use them.

Rossello said that it is quite easy to work them, and also to repair them, and each plant will be able to supply water to between 1'000 and 1'500 people a day, which is one of the greatest aids which can be given at the moment.