Gustavo Petro questioned the political leadership of Santa Marta and stated that there was already a financed and fully studied project, ready to begin construction, for a desalination plant intended for 500,000 people. He criticized Abelardo for proposing to bring water by ship from Cartagena. Petro maintained that Cartagena was still struggling to capture water from the Dique canal and bring it to its bay, possibly to the Sinú river, to first supply municipal aqueducts and irrigation areas. He also warned that, during a drought, the Magdalena river would dry up and Cartagena would not be able to send drinking water from that river to Santa Marta. #Política #Agua #SantaMarta (translated)