Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, August 14, 2026 – Water service across northern Puerto Vallarta will return about 36 hours later than SEAPAL originally scheduled after the concessionaire building the Puerto Vallarta–Las Varas highway missed its deadline to finish connections serving the San Francisco tank.
The revised recovery timetable moves the first restoration window from Friday at noon to about midnight as Saturday turns to Sunday. That stage covers 80 neighborhoods, or 56 percent of the affected area, extending from Las Juntas to Libramiento Carretero Luis Donaldo Colosio and including developments in Ixtapa and parts of middle El Pitillal.
Another 52 neighborhoods, representing 37 percent of the affected zone, are scheduled to begin receiving water Sunday afternoon. They are concentrated in middle El Pitillal and some higher sectors, including Coapinole, Volcanes and El Progreso.
The final 10 neighborhoods in the highest parts of El Pitillal are now scheduled to begin recovery Monday afternoon. They are El Salitrillo, Campestre San Nicolás, Flores del Villar, Maralta, Vista Pacífico, Las Parotas, Lomas de San Nicolás II, Los Mangos, Valle de San Nicolás and Villas de San Nicolás.
SEAPAL said low pressure and intermittent service may continue after water begins returning. Refilling the San Francisco tank, restoring levels in other storage tanks and pressurizing a network spanning more than 100 neighborhoods takes time. Households should store water again as it reaches their taps rather than assume the first flow marks full normalization.
The outage began at 6 a.m. Wednesday and affects 142 neighborhoods and subdivisions, equal to about 40 percent of Puerto Vallarta. The other 60 percent has maintained service, SEAPAL said.
Under the work plan announced earlier this week, the highway concessionaire was completing four connections between new pipes and the existing system. The work covers a 24-inch fill line and a 36-inch distribution line tied to the San Francisco tank.
The pipes are being relocated and rehabilitated alongside highway construction. SEAPAL supervises the work and controls the valves, treatment and recovery operations, while the concessionaire carries out the interconnections.
This is the third broad water disruption in less than eight weeks tied to the same tank system and highway work. A June shutdown affected 136 neighborhoods, followed by an urgent July repair that cut service to 139 areas.
The August shutdown was scheduled as the second stage of planned connections, but the missed construction deadline has extended the interruption into a sixth calendar day in the highest neighborhoods.
SEAPAL will prioritize free water-truck deliveries to public and private hospitals and the 10 neighborhoods in the last restoration stage. Twenty additional neighborhoods around Volcanes and Las Vistas follow in the delivery plan.
The agency also plans to keep selected Gogomático dispensers open over the weekend so households can fill water jugs. SEAPAL’s 24-hour switchboard can be reached at 322 226 9191 or 322 226 9190.
