Water and Electric Power
by Bob Stone
(Costa Rica)
How frequently do you lose electric power and water in the Cuenca and Vilcabamba areas?
*****I can't speak for the Vilcabamba area, as I've never lived there, or even visited.
Cuenca sometimes loses electricity during thunderstorms (not the entire city, however, just the parts where the storm is at the moment).
Many of the newer condo buildings have backup generators, so you're never out for more than a minute or so if you live in one of those buildings.
As for water, it doesn't run out. There's always water in the rivers, and the water treatment plants have reservoirs that hold hundreds of thousands of litres of water.
Jeff
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