Power outage cuts water across Los Cabos; utility awaits CFE restoration
OOMSAPAS reports a general disruption to the entire municipality's supply after rains knocked out the CFE power grid.
Drinking-water service is disrupted across the entire municipality of Los Cabos because of failures in the electricity supply, the local water utility OOMSAPAS Los Cabos reported. Recent rains caused outages on the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) grid, taking the pumping sources that feed the network offline.
According to the utility, service will be restored gradually once the CFE normalizes power at the pumping and re-pumping stations. Without electricity, wells and sources cannot push water to storage tanks, so pressure drops in neighborhoods until the equipment restarts.
While service recovers, OOMSAPAS asked users to ration stored water and to report outages at (624) 146-7600. Households that depend entirely on the network can request water-truck (pipa) support at the same number, with priority for hospitals, schools and people with reduced mobility.
The cut comes during a rainy season that has also hit supply elsewhere in the state: days earlier, La Paz's drinking-water system reported similar electrical failures affecting wells and pumping stations. In both cases the root cause is the power grid the pumps rely on, not the water infrastructure itself.
As a precaution against this season's recurring cuts, keep reserves in clean, covered tanks, avoid non-essential uses such as car washing or irrigation during outages, and make sure taps are closed so water is not wasted when pressure suddenly returns.
The utility said it will keep reporting on the restoration through its official channels.
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