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Residents are still complaining about the country\u2019s water problem although a 2 million-gallon-a-day Reverse Osmosis Plant recently came on line at Shell Beach.<\/p>

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\u201cOne day I will take a video and put it online to show the air that comes out of my pipe,\u201d one caller who complained on radio said.<\/p>\n

The woman said the nation\u2019s poor are suffering the most because APUA chose to have people in the north benefit first from the plant.<\/p>

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Elsewhere, other residents are still going days without water.<\/p>

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Weeks before the annual summer festival, carnival, the government promised that the water woes which has gripped the nation for years will be over.<\/p>\n

The Gaston Browne administration and officials of APUA promised that the coming on stream of the Shell Beach plant will be enough to make up the water shortfall to homes.<\/p>

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Head of APUA\u2019s Water Business Unit Ivan Rodrigues told state media this week that the regular supply of water to households remains a dream of his department.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026the dream of everybody within the water department. We want to get to the point where you turn on your tap and you don\u2019t wonder if water is there. You\u2019ll be just as confident as when you put your foot on the floor,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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However, Rodrigues argues that \u201cto get to that point we need to change some infrastructure and we need to do the work out in the field.\u201d<\/p>

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He also urged residents to continue to conserve water.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe cost of water must reflect its importance and consumers must also try to conserve. And people need to understand that we live on a water-scarce island.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWeather conditions are not expected to improve and global warming is expected to continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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