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In a statement published on 18 October, the ministry said pumping capacity at the basin in the Captage area had increased from 6,000 to 9,000 cubic metres per hour.","The statement said further work is planned on the Front de Terre canal and the system evacuating water from Grand-Yoff, with the aim of reducing inflows to the basin. 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