The picketers carried banners, blocked streets and avenues, the Town Hall and the National Road number 3 (RN 3) at the city's northern access.

After the debate between the Mayor and the people it was decided to keep the RN 3 blockade (main communication road for the east Patagonian region) until the governor of the Santa Cruz Province, Daniel Peralta reached Caleta Olivia to find a definitive solution to the conflict.

Since 1999 the issues that troubled normal functionality were: This aqueduct area is usually visible from the Comodoro Rivadavia – Caleta Olivia motorway, which connects around 300,000 inhabitants, so every time a puncture occurs it is easy to locate.

In 2013 an agreement was signed to improve the regional aqueduct system from Musters Lake – [Comodoro Rivadavia] – Rada Tilly – Caleta Olivia.

The plan he suggested was: On 15 February, due to the demonstrations and the lack of water, the Council declared the city under a state of "hydric emergency".

The long lasting emergency caused the Argentine Army to increase efforts to supply the city population with drinking water.

The mayor of Caleta Olivia, José Manuel Córdoba, denied rumours of resignation and he criticised the people who took part in the RN 3 roadblock.

The provincial education council suspended all school activities for all of February at Caleta Olivia, Cañadón Seco, Jaramillo and Fitz Roy.

Omar Latini, the head of the Workers Party in Santa Cruz laid a charge of "unfulfillment of public servant duties"[This quote needs a citation] against the mayor, governor and his cabinet.