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The Cabinet held a very lengthy and involved meeting on the issue of water adequacy and the challenges which this achievement poses for the Government. Three factors, it was agreed, have impacted potable water availability:<\/p>\n

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a). The availability of finance the Government has spent 3,000,000.00 on new reverse osmosis plants, new pipes , pumps and training to manage the production and distribution of reverse osmosis water that is 100% water provided to all consumers in Antigua.<\/p>

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b). A drought that has lasted ten years and is worsening has impacted the 60\/40 formula (reverse osmosis\/ underground surface water supplies) that had been guiding the APUA.<\/p>

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100 % reverse osmosis water is now required because of the persistent drought. In 2021, Antigua recorded 18 inches of rain, the lowest in 90 years. That is the result of Global Climate Change.<\/p>\n

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