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Across the island, residents have been complaining about the unreliable supply of pipe-borne water; APUA\u2019s advice to residents is to fill water containers and have them ready for hand-washing and other household chores.<\/p>

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Residents complain that they have been without water for five consecutive days and this is causing significant difficulty at this time, since persons are constantly being advised to wash their hands to avoid being infected with the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, officials of The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) have reported that the country\u2019s main surface-water catchment, Pot Works Dam, has dried up. This catchment provided 700,000 to one million gallons of water daily.<\/p>

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Production Engineer Tesfa Francis says the Authority is now getting potable surface water from the Bendals Water Treatment Plant.<\/p>

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The Fishers Dam, which contains about a four-to-six weeks\u2019 supply, is also being used to extract water through reverse osmosis, in addition to the RO plants, Francis says.<\/p>\n

He added that during a normal period, APUA would get the majority of its water through desalination, but production has to be increased.<\/p>

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