Supermarkets without water on the shelves? There were even those who could not open the tap this Monday. What does the light cut to do with all this?
Throughout the afternoon of Monday, there were several testimonies that reached the zap of people without water at home.
No, it is not hot water – this was missing everyone with an electrical water heating system. We even talk about absence of flow. But Why does a flaw of light fails water failure?
In the early afternoon the Portuguese Free Company (EPAL) on social networks that there could be interruptions in water supply. This is because there are many buildings that have underground boxes, which need pumping from water to housing.
This bomb needs energy, and without it the water does not leave the box, so there is no water in the homes. In main urban centers, such as Lisbon and Porto, most water systems are of this type and depend on this mechanism.
When the light was restored, The water returned to all dwellings.
Still, in the afternoon, chaos settled, and in several (open) supermarkets it was possible to find empty water shelves. In shopping carts, it was one of the products that was most seen.
This situation led the mayor of Porto, Rui Moreira, to ask the inhabitants that “Do not cook water”In supermarkets, since the municipality had enough to supply the houses.
