Ecuador authorities continued Tuesday’s attempts to limit river pollution after oil leak Last Thursday, which deprives drinking water from thousands of seaside residents in the northwestern part of the country.

Oil broke last week due to landslide, resulting in thousands of argon barrels leaking, infection of at least five rivers, especially the river of Esmeraldawhich flows into the Pacific.

‘We’re talking about 500,000 people hit’, As many communities are supplied with drinking water from the same processing unit, Viko Vigias, the mayor of Esmeralda, the capital of the homonymous province, told the Teleamazonas television network.

Because of the infection ‘No more forms of life in water’ In the rivers of Kaple and Vicche, where it flows ‘Mixture of oil and water’stressed the marine biologist Edwardof the Catholic University of Esmeralda, during an interview on the Ecuavisa television network.

In this area where the supply of drinking water is ‘Limited’the world ‘It depends very much on the rivers’, emphasized.

After all, thousands They live thanks to fishing.

Some anchored fishing and their nets were covered with oil, the French agency noticed. “If this continues, we can no longer be able to fish anything”, Luis Kampisas, a resident of the Rocafuerte community, said.

Authorities declared the Sunday state of environmental emergency throughout the province and especially in a protected area that is the habitat of more than 250 animal species, especially aquariums, monkeys, pelicans and others.

Petroecuador, Petroecuador, responsible for the pipeline, uses tankers to recover the slow -leaking crude in the Kinide community.

Three ships carrying drinking water were expected yesterday at the port of Esmeralda, according to the company’s management.

On Friday, Petroecuador announced Emergency Plan activation to put in control of leakage to the oil -suffered damagepart of the SOTE network, which carries slow to the country from the Amazon region.

Ecuador produces about 475,000 oil barrels on a daily basis. It is a major export product in the country.