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El Trapiche clean-up continues after burst water pipe spills ten million litres of water in 30 minutes
Eugenio Cabezas
Residents of the small village of El Trapiche, which belongs to Vélez-Málaga, have been assessing the damage caused to their properties and cars, as well as the local church, after a burst mains pipe connected to La Viñuela reservoir spilled around ... to the north of the village, near to the water treatment plant. El Trapiche is situated around 11 kilometres south of La Viñuela reservoir. Systems automatically cut off water supply from the reservoir, although as the pipe is 10 kilometres long, ... confirmed that none of the towns and villages served by La Viñuela reservoir experienced problems with their water supply and that water was redirected from the El Atabal desalinisation plant in Malaga city. The incident is being treated as an accident