Santo Domingo water utility nearly doubles repairs with new zone Plan
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The Corporación del Acueducto y Alcantarillado de Santo Domingo (Caasd) repaired 5,412 drinking water network faults between January and April 2026 in the Dominican Republic.
This figure represents a 94.5 percent increase compared to the 2,783 repairs completed during the same period in 2025. Luis Salcedo, the institution's deputy director of operations, attributes this growth to the Plan de Zona, a program launched in November 2025.
The program covers 1,118 neighborhoods and residential areas in Gran Santo Domingo, where nearly four million people live. To improve service, the Caasd reorganized its work brigades into 26 operational zones. Each zone has a responsible engineer to supervise work, follow up on complaints, and coordinate with community leaders. The organization also invested more than 1,000 million pesos into new equipment, including excavators, dump trucks, and suction trucks to reach both wide avenues and narrow streets.
These efforts have also increased maintenance on sewage networks. By August 2026, the utility had performed maintenance on 1,155,644 linear meters of sanitary networks, which is an 8.09 percent increase over the previous year's total. Engineers are also identifying the causes of low pressure and service interruptions, such as damaged valves or incomplete connections from past construction projects. The utility plans to continue these efforts to ensure a more reliable water supply for residents.
