Now Venezuela’s water turns BLACK: Horrified residents wake up to find their taps ‘running with oil’ after week-long power blackout heavily restricted the supply(…2…)
Residents of San Diego, Carabobo state, woke up to find water running black
Locals said the supply seemed to have be contaminated with crude oil
Comes amid a week-long power blackout that has cut the supply in some areas
Venezuela has the world’s largest crude oil reserves but Maduro has been accused of squandering the resource, ruining the country financially
By CHRIS PLEASANCE
DAILYMAIL.COM
13 March 2019
Venezuelans have woken up to find their tap water running black in the latest crisis to hit the beleaguered South American nation.
Residents in San Diego, Carabobo state, flooded social media with pictures and videos of the black water while complaining it had been contaminated with oil.
The city has suffered with an intermittent water supply for months, made worse by a week-long power blackout that has completely cut it off in some areas, local journalists said.
But when the supply returned on Wednesday, residents found they could not drink what was coming out of their taps.
Heberlizeth González, a local journalist, wrote on Twitter: ‘The situation for lack of water in San Diego is terrible.
‘There are sectors that have spent more than 2 months without the service, like other areas of Valencia and Los Coolos.
‘This morning the water came to San Diego was terrible. Nothing suitable for consumption.’
‘Water contaminated in much of San Diego, looks like oil, thanks for making it easier to exist in this country,’ another irate Twitter user wrote.
Venezuela has the world’s largest reserves of crude oil but President Maduro has been accused of mismanaging the supply, leaving the nation impoverished.
Another added: ‘Good morning my people. Today came the water and this super polluted truth.
‘We do not know what we will do because we will not be able to bathe even.
‘God protect us in the Malda municipality in San Diego, and some part of the state Carabobo.’
Reports of black water began circulating a day after Venezuela’s chief prosecutor launched an investigation into opposition leader Juan Guaido over the blackout.
Tarek William Saab announced the probe on Tuesday, saying he believes Guaido is responsible for the failure which has sparked violence, robberies and looting.
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