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The municipal water authority announced which neighborhoods will receive water on a nine-day rotation supplied by the La Concepción reservoir, as storage levels gradually rise.

Tegucigalpa's water authority activated the second phase of a transfer pumping 500 liters per second from the Los Laureles reservoir to La Concepción treatment plant, moving up to 387,000 cubic meters over eight to nine days to ease supply pressure while La Concepción remains under a high water-stress alert.

The Los Laureles reservoir stood at 95.52% capacity on October 10 while Concepción was at 40.24%; UMAPS plans to begin transferring water from Los Laureles to Concepción to build up reserves ahead of a drier six-month period in Tegucigalpa and Comayagüela.

Authorities at Tegucigalpa's water utility have started preliminary testing of a system to transfer surplus water from the Los Laureles reservoir (now at 73% capacity) to the La Concepción treatment plant, with full operation expected to begin next week if tests succeed.

Recent rains have raised water levels at the Los Laureles reservoir, prompting the municipal water authority to conduct a two-day controlled release through the spillway to remove sediment and debris before maximizing storage capacity.

The capital's largest reservoir, La Concepción, is at only 30.43% capacity and classified at high risk, while Los Laureles dam holds 64.24% of its capacity, leaving authorities concerned about an ongoing water crisis despite recent rainfall.

The municipal water authority in Tegucigalpa has begun testing diesel motors for a pipeline system to transfer water from the recovering Los Laureles reservoir to the critically low La Concepción reservoir, which supplies the capital; the transfer activates when Los Laureles reaches 70% capacity.

Tegucigalpa's San José Reservoir, a key water-supply project for the capital's Kennedy neighborhood and surrounding areas serving roughly 350,000 residents, is 46% built and expected to be finished in the first quarter of 2028, officials said.

Tegucigalpa faces a critical water emergency with the Los Laureles Reservoir at 35% capacity and supplies guaranteed only until August 23 unless heavy rains arrive, forcing residents to rely on water trucks and rationing.

Recent rains lifted the Los Laureles reservoir to 50.91% capacity, moving it out of critical risk for the first time in months, though the second reservoir remains at 28% and overall water-supply risk for the capital stays classified as high.