Facing a threat of legal action from the Puerto Rico Senate, Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (AAA) Executive President Luis González Delgado said Tuesday afternoon that he would submit to the Senate, before day’s end, information owed since he appeared before the Total Commission in mid-June. González Delgado, who was overseeing repairs at the La Plata reservoir on Tuesday, said the more than two-month delay stemmed from operational emergencies: the June 11 rupture of the Supertubo in Bayamón, a subsequent break in a 48-inch pipe also in Bayamón, scheduled work at Carraízo and Sergio Cuevas, and a drought affecting Carraízo and other systems that forced a scheduled-interruption plan.
Senate President Thomas Rivera Schatz announced Monday he would go to court to compel AAA to deliver information requested during the June 17 Total Commission hearing, saying AAA missed both the original deadline and an extension that expired June 30, preventing the Commission from completing its findings and conclusions report. González Delgado said AAA respects the Senate and would deliver the documentation Tuesday to avoid confrontation.
As of publication, no legal action had been filed. Senator Juan Oscar Morales had said the Senate could act next week if the information was not received.