The ongoing water shortage being experienced by home and business owners in Antigua and Barbuda will soon be a thing of the past.
This is according to Prime Minister Gaston Browne who has reassured the public that relief is coming over the next several months, as his government has invested huge sums of
money to remedy the water shortage.
Speaking on the Browne and Browne Show on Pointe FM over the weekend, the prime minister asked consumers to be patient a while longer as the government takes positive
steps to relieve the water shortage.
He explained that a confluence of issues have occurred that are at the heart of the water shortage.
Among them, is the severe drought that the country has experienced, with 2021 being the driest year on record with record low rainfall of only 18 inches.
The situation was further frustrated by interruptions in global supply chains and shipping delays due to the pandemic which caused membranes, purchased for the reverse osmosis plants, to become stuck in foreign ports.
“Over the past year, we ordered two additional plants; one for Fort James and the other for Bethesda. I am told that the one for Fort James should be installed by the end of June
and the one for Bethesda by September, producing an additional 3 million gallons of water per day,” he disclosed.
Recognising that as much as 20 per cent of all water produced in the country is lost to leakages, PM Browne added that new pipes have also been ordered to replace the aged
ones.
The government has given a firm commitment that by the end of September, or by the end of the year at the very latest, the nation’s water problem will be solved.
Speaking on the same programme, Information Minister Melford Nicholas, said the three main areas of priority for the government have been health, education and water.
Nicholas, who also promised that an end to the water shortage is in sight, reported that over $1 million has been spent over several years to solve the problem.
Antigua’s daily consumption of water is approximately eight million gallons. By the end of the year, water production from reverse osmosis sources is expected to exceed 10 million
gallons daily.
3 responses to “Gov’t asks for public’s patience as water shortage is resolved”
Promises, promises. Give me a break.
The government had YEARS to fix the water 💧 problem in Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬.
Whether you fix it now or not IN GENERAL ELECTION SEASON you get zero marks from me and many many many others!
Is Anu really gonna fall for this nonsense ‘throw a bone’ political moves?! 🤔
Sickening
Water what , coming soon where and when.Give me a break leave me alone.Me fed up ,me really tired, me tired , me weary me so weary.Oh Lawd so much promises.i thought we would get water in fourteen days but it looks like they in high places mean fourteen years instead .They just joking and fooling people in this country. Me say me tired, me want water foo wash what God gave to me.
Straight … real tired a,dem nonsense and promises … if you know you did not have all the facts to fix water problem in 14 days … SHUT YA MOUTH!!!
A silent gov also can be seen as wise sometimes.