Santo Domingo Water Utility Boosts Service, Repairs Thousands in 2025

The Santo Domingo Water and Sewage Corporation (CAASD) reported significant achievements in water management for 2025, maintaining daily production exceeding 450 million gallons and solidifying a new operational structure focused on efficiency, sustainability, and continuous service improvement.

As part of its modernization drive, CAASD implemented a "zone plan," establishing 20 operational microzones and integrating 141 specialized equipment units. This initiative optimized the response to service disruptions and strengthened the corporation's capacity to meet user demands across the National District and Greater Santo Domingo.

Engineer Fellito Suberví, CAASD's director general, highlighted that this operational reorganization, coupled with an enhanced monitoring center, represents a strategic pillar for integrated potable water management.

"This new operational structure enables us to offer more efficient and timely service," Suberví stated. He added that these efforts were complemented by the recovery of key infrastructure, the rehabilitation of storage tanks, and the incorporation of new production systems.

Through service sectorization and continuous oversight, CAASD successfully corrected 7,890 breakdowns in a timely manner. This reduced operational incidents and ensured greater continuity in the potable water supply for more than 3.5 million residents.

At the Barrera de Salinidad aqueduct, the institution completed the replacement of high-capacity transformers at its electrical station. This work, part of the second phase of an expansion project, is projected to achieve a total production of 6 cubic meters of potable water per second for the municipalities of Santo Domingo Este and Santo Domingo Norte.

To sustain optimal production levels, CAASD developed a program to restore 19 storage tanks. Additionally, new equipment was incorporated into the production systems.

Key infrastructure projects included new wells at Haras Nacionales and Altos III in Sabana Perdida, along with well field number 5 on the Yamasá highway (San Felipe) and well field number 11 in Villa Mella. Services offered through commercial offices were also strengthened.

In environmental and social initiatives, CAASD continued its program for the sanitation and recovery of ravines in Greater Santo Domingo. Approximately 17 kilometers of the 45-kilometer target, set in 2021, have been intervened and delivered to date.

These interventions have significantly contributed to improving environmental conditions and transforming degraded areas into safe spaces for community living, including parks, sports courts, and children's recreational zones.

Currently, the institution is carrying out sanitation work in the Los Girasoles and La Ochocienta ravines. Similar efforts are underway for the La Ureña, Indio Izquierdo, Indio Derecho, Los Olivos, Buenos Aires, and Las Caobas tributaries, all of which flow into the Guajimía ravine. The second residential phase of the Guajimía project was inaugurated in February 2025.