The lack of water once again suspended classes at the Joaquim Nabuco State School, in Uiramutã, this Thursday (5) and Friday (6). Unit serves 500 students.
Management sought 15 thousand liters of water in containers to resume activities. Caer reported that the problem was caused by a burning bomb.
Shortages are recurrent and also affect 50 families in two neighborhoods. The current well serves both the school and the community, but it is not enough.
Residents demand permanent solutions and have been living without regular supply for years. In September, some families paid up to R$80 for private water.
The lack of water once again suspended classes at the Joaquim Nabuco State School, which serves more than 500 students in Uiramutã, in the North of Roraima. The recurring problem returned on Thursday (5) and continued until Friday morning (6), also affecting at least 50 families in the Baixada and Buritis neighborhoods.
In order not to prolong the strike, the school management improvised an emergency solution. With the support of school transport vehicles, the unit fetched 15 thousand liters of water in containers to fill the school's cistern (reservoir) and ensure the return of activities this Friday afternoon.
The interruption in supply occurred after a failure in the pump that distributes water to the region. In a statement, the Roraima Water and Sewage Company (Caer) reported that the problem was caused by the burning of the equipment, which is installed in a well behind the school. He also stated that a technical team went to the site to replace the pump and normalize the supply.
The school director, Adeli da Silva Cavalcante, reported the constant difficulties faced in keeping the doors open without the basic structure. She explains that the situation causes stress on parents and harms student learning.
"It is not possible to have classes with dirty bathrooms, no snacks and no water to drink. We have to think about the well-being of our students. There is no good learning in a dirty environment", he stated.
Shortages at the municipal headquarters and at the Joaquim Nabuco School are recurrent. The unit's management reports that it has already documented and requested the Department of Education and Sports (Seed) to drill an artesian well exclusively for the school.
Currently, the existing well is shared with the community and cannot meet the region's demand. In addition to the school, residents of the Baixada and Buritis neighborhoods have suffered from dry taps for years. The problem has already been reported, but the lack of regular supply has never been resolved.
Residents have already sent letters to Uiramutã City Hall, the Government of Roraima and Caer demanding a definitive solution. They also report that some streets in the area, mainly in the Baixada neighborhood, experience a lack of electricity.
In September of this year, the water crisis in Baixada had already prompted a petition from the population. At the time, the pump of the only well that serves the neighborhood broke and, subsequently, the well went dry.
With no response from public authorities, some families had to pay up to R$80 for private supplies.
