{"id":19188,"date":"2018-08-24T08:07:09","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=19188"},"modified":"2018-08-24T08:07:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T12:07:35","slug":"trucked-in-water-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/trucked-in-water-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Trucked-in water for schools"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Schools likely to be affected by the ongoing water problem in the country have been assured of a solution.<\/p>

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Some schools do not have cisterns which means they will be without water when schools re-open next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCabinet agreed to provide tanks and trucked-in water to each public-school plant where there is no cistern,\u201d according to the government.<\/p>

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The cost of this promise is to be measured by the Ministry of Education.<\/p>

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Meantime, APUA has put in place a three-point program: short, medium and long-term to deal with the so-called water crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The plan includes replacing broken pipes in St. John\u2019s since APUA produces more than 7,000,000 gallons of potable water daily, nearly 3,000,000 gallons are lost because of broken pipes. <\/p>

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\u201cTherefore, the Cabinet was informed that replacing many of the broken pipes in St. John\u2019s will lessen water losses. The old pipes are made primarily of cast iron; the new pipes are made of high density polyethylene (HDP) and will last at least fifty years,\u201d the government says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APUA estimates that the purchase price for the new pipes will exceed $7 million dollars. <\/p>

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The replacement will be done at nights and will be confined to the months of May to November, when there are fewer visitors; road surfaces in St. John\u2019s will have to be destroyed and then repaved.<\/p>

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\u00a0APUA in the next forty days it will also have membranes replaced where they have been in operation for as many as 10 years; membranes usually have a 5-year life-span. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to estimates, the membrane replacement program will cost US$1.5 million; the re-piping of St. John\u2019s from Joe Tourney to Dickenson Bay Street will cost US$1.5 million dollars incrementally; a portable reverse osmosis plant, capable of producing 500,000 gallons daily, will cost US$500,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe resources have been pledged and will come from several sources. The Cabinet is determined to solve the water supply challenge to homes, hotels, businesses, institutions and schools within the coming years, beginning shortly,\u201d a statement from Cabinet said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Given the six-year drought which Antigua is experiencing, reverse osmosis has become the sole source of potable water. The disappearance of surface water sources, the depletion of groundwater wells, and the absence of rain have caused the complete dependence on APUA by all. <\/p>\n

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Schools likely to be affected by the ongoing water problem in the country have been assured of a solution. 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