On those bases, settlers created a system of straight ditches and canals, adapted to the grid of the city. In that way, the city was supplied with water for irrigation and consumption (though the latter increased the risk of epidemics).
Sobre esas bases, los colonos crearon un sistema de acequias e hijuelas rectas, adaptadas a la cuadricula de la ciudad. De este modo, se abastecía a la misma de agua para riego y consumo (aunque esto último incrementaba el riesgo de epidemias).