Mexican authorities say a water outage that has left millions of homes and businesses dry since last week will last about two days longer than planned.
The National Water Commission said Monday in a statement that a new piece installed during the scheduled maintenance to the Cutzamala water system “suffered a displacement in its assembly.” So pumping was halted to reduce pressure.
A fix will take an estimated 36 to 40 hours.
The water cutoff began Wednesday and is said to have affected at least 7 million people. Service was originally planned to be restored by Tuesday.
Ramon Aguirre Diaz . . .
