El Azúcar
💧 El Azúcar
The reservoir that fills your tap: where the peninsula's drinking water is stored before treatment.
El Azúcar is an inland comuna of Santa Elena parish, best known for the El Azúcar reservoir, a key link in the peninsula's water supply.
| At a glance | |
|---|---|
| Parish | Santa Elena (urban parish), Santa Elena canton |
| Reservoir | With Sube y Baja, about 70 million m³ of storage |
| Water | About 70% of the comuna on Aguapen's piped network (2023) |
How the water gets here
Water from the Daule river flows through the Chongón reservoir to the Sube y Baja and El Azúcar reservoirs, which together hold about 70 million m³. From there it goes on to the Atahualpa treatment plant and into the taps of Salinas, La Libertad and Santa Elena. The system has worked since 1999. See Water Supply on the Peninsula.
See also
Sources: PDOT cantón Santa Elena 2023–2027 (pp. 96–104); PDOT Salinas 2023–2027 (pp. 138–139).
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