by ceh » Wed Apr 19, 2017 10:29 pm
We are just back from a lovely sunny Easter weekend in cvo.
Much to our surprise, we found that piped water supplies seem to be being run into the area around Caramujeira. Pipes have been run along the track (road) and there are what look like meter cupboards on the villa wall plus small covers in the road.
I asked a neighbour, who said she'd been waiting for mains water for 36 years, what the process is for getting connected. She said that we needed to 'sign on ' at the Camara in Lagoa.
I'm sure that this will be a costly process but having paid for 2 new pumps for the borehole in 10 years and having the borehole re-drilled/deepened when it collapsed, the idea of mains water is very, very attractive. The borehole supply tends to be unreliable, full of salts and a worry! The plants struggle and my orange trees planted about 8 years back look very sad. The lemon, pomegranate and apricot trees died.
I was told that the workman had just arrived and started work without any warning but what now? Does anyone know what happens next.....? I feel this should be a reason for me to rush back, abandoning work but to do what?