Only 20% of Residents in the Metropolitan Area Receive Water from DINEPA

The director of DINEPA, engineer Théophile Ostinvil, when interviewed by Le Nouvelliste about a study revealing high levels of lead in the blood of residents in downtown Port-au-Prince, assured that DINEPA’s subscribers receive water with normal levels of this heavy metal.

Roberson Alphonse
07 Oct 2025 — Lecture : 4 min.

The director of DINEPA, engineer Théophile Ostinvil, when interviewed by Le Nouvelliste about a study revealing high levels of lead in the blood of residents in downtown Port-au-Prince, assured that DINEPA’s subscribers receive water with normal levels of this heavy metal. He also pointed out that the vast majority of residents in the metropolitan area obtain water from sources not monitored by his agency. “Eighty percent of the population of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area get their water from sources that a

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