Aguakan Opens Wastewater Pumping Station Serving 11,000 in Puerto Morelos

Puerto Morelos, Quintana Roo — The water utility Aguakan has begun operating a new wastewater pumping station in Puerto Morelos that will serve more than 11,000 residents.

The Zetina Gasca station started operations on Wednesday, Oct. 21. Officials, company representatives and local residents toured the facility to learn how it works and to see the features designed to limit its environmental impact, then took part in the button-pressing ceremony that formally launched the system.

More than 100 residents attended the event, some carrying banners thanking Aguakan and voicing support for the work to improve local services.

The ceremony was led by José Luis Fajardo, Aguakan’s deputy manager in Puerto Morelos; José de Jesús Espinoza Payán, general secretary of the Puerto Morelos municipal government; Carlo Fonseca León, the municipal trustee; and community leader Juanita Chacón Canché. All four recognized the company’s work and thanked it for launching the project.

Other officials at the event included:

• Alejandro Montoya Mex, delegate of Central Vallarta
• Alberto Arelle Segent, coordinator of advisers for the municipality
• Jairo Elian Botes Betancurt, the municipality’s sixth alderman
• Rolando Leonel Melo Novelo, secretary of Urban Development and Land Use Planning
• Mario Salinas Castro, secretary of Public Works
• Irma Ávila Méndez, general coordinator of civil protection in Puerto Morelos
• Javier Alejandro Hernández Santillán, president of the Puerto Morelos College of Civil Engineers