Faulty part prolongs Mexico City water outage for millions

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 . . .