Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Sept. 11, 2026 — Puerto Vallarta’s water utility, SEAPAL, says it repaired 767 leaks and broken pipes in August, within 1,589 water and sewer maintenance actions.
The utility’s monthly report counted 528 potable-water leaks and 82 broken water pipes. Those 610 jobs represented nearly four of every five reported repairs.
Wastewater crews recorded 132 leaks and 25 broken pipes. A local report published Sept. 10 carried the same totals and identified the information as a Puerto Vallarta government bulletin. The figures have not been independently audited.
Street-level impact for residents
Using SEAPAL’s figures, we calculated an average of 24.7 leaks or broken-pipe repairs per day. All maintenance categories together averaged 51.3 actions daily.
The remaining 822 actions were not additional leaks. Potable-water crews logged 626 other jobs, including pavement repairs, valve-box work, line extensions, and general maintenance.
Wastewater crews completed another 196 actions. These included clearing blocked drains, inspecting pipes by video, removing debris from manholes and pits, replacing manhole rings and repairing pavement.
Those categories show how utility work can affect residents beyond the site of a leak. Comparable network projects have required localized water shutoffs, excavation, and temporary traffic restrictions.
The August report does not identify the streets or neighborhoods where the 767 repairs occurred. It also provides no response times, repair costs, estimated water losses, backlog figures, or count of repeat failures.
Without those measures, the total shows the volume of work completed but does not establish whether system reliability improved during August.
Repair pace closely matched a July snapshot
SEAPAL’s July 6-12 operating report listed 173 repairs and 363 total maintenance actions.
That equals 24.7 repairs and 51.9 total actions per day, almost identical to August’s daily rates. The July work included repairs on Calle Morelos in Centro and Calle Monte Everest in Lomas de San Nicolás.
During Feb. 2-8, the utility reported 139 repairs and 351 total actions. Those figures equal 19.9 repairs and 50.1 actions per day.
The comparison suggests SEAPAL’s overall workload stayed near 50 daily actions across the three reporting periods. The share involving leaks and broken pipes was higher in July and August than in the February snapshot.
Each report was produced by SEAPAL and covers a different period. The utility did not publish a methodology or continuous monthly dataset with the releases.
August brought added pressure on the network
SEAPAL says Puerto Vallarta’s water system distributes an average of 109.3 million liters daily through 2,969 kilometers of pipe. The system draws from 40 water sources and five treatment plants.
Storms on Aug. 2 and 3 caused blockages, accumulated debris, and damaged pumping equipment at the Norte I wastewater treatment plant on Avenida México, according to a separate utility report.
Crews also worked to reduce wastewater levels and clean the Las Glorias pumping station on Avenida Francisco Medina Ascencio. SEAPAL attributed those problems to heavy rain and debris entering the drainage system.
A separate operation caused water interruptions across 142 Puerto Vallarta neighborhoods beginning Aug. 12.
SEAPAL attributed the outage to highway-concessionaire work connecting new lines to the Tanque San Francisco system, rather than a spontaneous pipe failure. The affected area extended from Las Juntas toward Libramiento Luis Donaldo Colosio and included parts of El Pitillal, Coapinole, Volcanes and El Progreso.
Reporting leaks and sewer problems
SEAPAL’s official reporting page directs residents to call 073, (322) 226-9191, or (322) 226-9190. Reports may also be sent through WhatsApp at (322) 105-8226.
