{"id":53012,"date":"2026-03-14T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/?p=53012"},"modified":"2026-03-14T12:51:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T12:51:20","slug":"detectan-arsenico-en-el-agua-de-los-lleuques-y-cierran-planta-que-abastece-a-cerca-de-5-mil-personas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/2026\/03\/14\/detectan-arsenico-en-el-agua-de-los-lleuques-y-cierran-planta-que-abastece-a-cerca-de-5-mil-personas\/","title":{"rendered":"Detectan ars\u00e9nico en el agua de Los Lleuques y cierran planta que abastece a cerca de 5 mil personas"},"content":{"rendered":"

La <\/span>detecci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>ars\u00e9nico <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>encendi\u00f3 <\/span>las <\/span>alarmas <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>sector <\/span>cordillerano <\/span>de <\/span>Los <\/span>Lleuques, <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>comuna <\/span>de <\/span>Pinto, <\/span>luego <\/span>que <\/span>se <\/span>confirmara <\/span>la <\/span>contaminaci\u00f3n <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>planta \u201c<\/span>Las <\/span>Veguillas\u201d, <\/span>obligando <\/span>a <\/span>suspender <\/span>su <\/span>funcionamiento.<\/span><\/p>\n

La <\/span>situaci\u00f3n <\/span>afecta <\/span>directamente <\/span>a <\/span>704 <\/span>arranques <\/span>domiciliarios, <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>equivale <\/span>a <\/span>cerca <\/span>de <\/span>cinco <\/span>mil <\/span>personas <\/span>que <\/span>dependen <\/span>del <\/span>sistema <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>rural, <\/span>muchas <\/span>de <\/span>ellas <\/span>adultos <\/span>mayores <\/span>que <\/span>viven <\/span>en <\/span>esta <\/span>localidad <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>precordillera <\/span>de <\/span>\u00d1uble.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tras <\/span>confirmarse <\/span>la <\/span>presencia <\/span>de <\/span>ars\u00e9nico, <\/span>la <\/span>planta <\/span>fue <\/span>cerrada <\/span>de <\/span>manera <\/span>preventiva, <\/span>lo <\/span>que <\/span>gener\u00f3 <\/span>un <\/span>operativo <\/span>de <\/span>emergencia <\/span>para <\/span>asegurar <\/span>el <\/span>suministro <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>a <\/span>los <\/span>vecinos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Desde <\/span>la <\/span>Direcci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>Obras <\/span>Hidr\u00e1ulicas <\/span>explicaron <\/span>que <\/span>el <\/span>problema <\/span>se <\/span>origin\u00f3 <\/span>debido <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>alta <\/span>concentraci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>ars\u00e9nico <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>agua, <\/span>cuyos <\/span>niveles <\/span>no <\/span>pudieron <\/span>ser <\/span>reducidos <\/span>por <\/span>el <\/span>sistema <\/span>de <\/span>filtrado <\/span>existente.<\/span><\/p>\n

Seg\u00fan <\/span>detall\u00f3 <\/span>el <\/span>subdirector <\/span>de <\/span>Servicios <\/span>Sanitarios <\/span>Rurales, <\/span>Javier <\/span>Grand\u00f3n, <\/span>el <\/span>material <\/span>filtrante <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>planta <\/span>deb\u00eda <\/span>renovarse <\/span>peri\u00f3dicamente, <\/span>pero <\/span>en <\/span>este <\/span>caso <\/span>llevaba <\/span>cerca <\/span>de <\/span>cinco <\/span>a\u00f1os <\/span>sin <\/span>ser <\/span>reemplazado.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>La <\/span>problem\u00e1tica <\/span>del <\/span>sistema <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>rural <\/span>en <\/span>Los <\/span>Lleuques <\/span>se <\/span>debe <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>alta <\/span>concentraci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>ars\u00e9nico <\/span>en <\/span>el <\/span>agua, <\/span>cuyos <\/span>niveles <\/span>no <\/span>han <\/span>podido <\/span>ser <\/span>abatidos <\/span>por <\/span>los <\/span>filtros <\/span>existentes <\/span>debido <\/span>principalmente <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>falta <\/span>de <\/span>mantenimiento\u201d, <\/span>explic\u00f3.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mientras <\/span>se <\/span>avanza <\/span>en <\/span>una <\/span>soluci\u00f3n <\/span>definitiva, <\/span>se <\/span>implement\u00f3 <\/span>un <\/span>plan <\/span>de <\/span>contingencia <\/span>para <\/span>garantizar <\/span>el <\/span>abastecimiento <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>a <\/span>la <\/span>comunidad.<\/span><\/p>\n

El <\/span>municipio <\/span>dispuso <\/span>camiones <\/span>aljibe <\/span>que <\/span>ya <\/span>operan <\/span>en <\/span>distintos <\/span>puntos <\/span>del <\/span>sector, <\/span>entre <\/span>ellos <\/span>la <\/span>plaza <\/span>de <\/span>Los <\/span>Lleuques, <\/span>permitiendo <\/span>a <\/span>los <\/span>vecinos <\/span>abastecerse <\/span>con <\/span>bidones <\/span>y <\/span>contenedores.<\/span><\/p>\n

En <\/span>paralelo, <\/span>la <\/span>cooperativa <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>rural <\/span>y <\/span>la <\/span>junta <\/span>de <\/span>vecinos <\/span>trabajan <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>sanitizaci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>un <\/span>estanque <\/span>de <\/span>10 <\/span>mil <\/span>litros <\/span>para <\/span>poder <\/span>almacenar <\/span>agua <\/span>transportada <\/span>por <\/span>camiones <\/span>aljibe <\/span>y <\/span>eventualmente <\/span>distribuirla <\/span>por <\/span>la <\/span>red <\/span>del <\/span>sistema, <\/span>una <\/span>vez <\/span>que <\/span>la <\/span>autoridad <\/span>sanitaria <\/span>autorice <\/span>su <\/span>uso.<\/span><\/p>\n

Desde <\/span>el <\/span>Gobierno <\/span>Regional <\/span>de <\/span>\u00d1uble <\/span>informaron <\/span>que <\/span>se <\/span>est\u00e1n <\/span>realizando <\/span>gestiones <\/span>con <\/span>la <\/span>Direcci\u00f3n <\/span>de <\/span>Obras <\/span>Hidr\u00e1ulicas <\/span>para <\/span>acelerar <\/span>el <\/span>proceso <\/span>de <\/span>recambio <\/span>del <\/span>material <\/span>filtrante <\/span>de <\/span>la <\/span>planta.<\/span><\/p>\n

Se <\/span>espera <\/span>que <\/span>el <\/span>proceso <\/span>administrativo <\/span>comience <\/span>durante <\/span>los <\/span>pr\u00f3ximos <\/span>d\u00edas <\/span>y <\/span>que <\/span>los <\/span>trabajos <\/span>puedan <\/span>ejecutarse <\/span>durante <\/span>las <\/span>pr\u00f3ximas <\/span>semanas, <\/span>con <\/span>el <\/span>objetivo <\/span>de <\/span>restablecer <\/span>el <\/span>funcionamiento <\/span>normal <\/span>del <\/span>sistema <\/span>de <\/span>agua <\/span>potable <\/span>en <\/span>la <\/span>localidad.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La detecci\u00f3n de ars\u00e9nico en el agua potable encendi\u00f3 las alarmas en el sector cordillerano de Los Lleuques, en la comuna de Pinto, luego que se confirmara la contaminaci\u00f3n en la planta \u201cLas Veguillas\u201d, obligando a suspender su funcionamiento. La situaci\u00f3n afecta directamente a 704 arranques domiciliarios, lo que equivale a cerca de cinco mil …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nuble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53012"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53014,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53012\/revisions\/53014"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radionuble.cl\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}