CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
Cuba Partnership to Help Boost Antigua’s Water Pressure
Antigua and Barbuda is set to benefit from a new partnership with Cuba aimed at improving water distribution across the island, particularly in areas affected by low pressure.
Information Minister Melford Nicholas said Cuban engineers have reviewed the country’s hydraulic system and proposed upgrades that will be implemented in the coming weeks and months.
“Getting water into higher elevations has been a challenge,” Nicholas said during a state media interview. “But the Cuban team has designed improvements that should resolve this.”
He cited recent progress, noting that some residents in elevated communities have received water for the first time in a long while.
Meanwhile, longer-term efforts will focus on enhancing surface water storage.
A damaged spillway near the Waterworks treatment plant has been leaking runoff back into the sea, limiting the effectiveness of the Potworks Dam.
Repairs are planned for the spillway to maximise water retention, with the dam expected to eventually hold up to two billion gallons.
Similar work is also scheduled for the Bendals catchment area.
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
CLICK HERE TO JOIN OUR WHAT’S APP GROUP
Advertise with the mоѕt vіѕіtеd nеwѕ ѕіtе іn Antigua!
We offer fully customizable and flexible digital marketing packages.
Contact us at [email protected]
Yes, Please, Minister Nicolas. In Falmouth, the communities of Dieppe Bay, Turte Bay and Spring Hill desperately need a water pressure booster. Likely located on Farrell Road near the Pickleball Courts.
Mind you the USA don’t tell is this is also part of Human Trafficking. Like the Cuban doctors and Nurses that are here.
Leave that to brilliant Bryan Nicholas, the management of APUA must not be infantilized like that into perpetuity, I know we have a useless electricity manager but Bryan Nicholas is been kept in check from showing his abilities, a simple inline water booster pump like what them white people below Shirley heights forced APUA to do years ago. Other Caribbean country smaller than us is doing it.
Finally! Those of us living on hills have gone months without consistent water. If the Cuban engineers have the answer, let’s move fast
People are tired of excuses. If you’re going to fix it, fix it. We need results, not another set of announcements that take years to deliver.
Our Cuban brothers are brilliant engineers that is why I have always suggested having them assist in building the roads. They are the best at it….not taking anything away from my Antiguans or other caribbean folks but their skills have been tested and have held true. They are obviously also brilliant with waterworks.
Hazel? Look we know that the Electricity Manager is not the sharpest tool but Bryan is absolutely dull and you keep trying to big him up. We got rid of him from electricity and he knows nothing about water. Stop it. We have all worked together and know better.
One of these good days the water problem in my country will be no more. Teaming up with this country
…that country…Japan. Cuba. China. I see the efforts. The results I dont see
@face the fact: I want to see APUA advance itself from the stages that we inherited it after independence, sub transmission lines and tower you see in APUA were the results of a line study done started by George Piggott, in those days we use to operate on brownout, and the Italian that donated this transmission line structure use to come here because of politics, power failure was frequent with the brownout, and an incident at crabbs power station that had the country blackout couldn’t be solve by the Italians V C. Bird brought in, Mr George Piggott stood quiet until they ask his suggestion, because he is a professional and does not allow politicians to push him about as these engineers APUA have now, they make political decision instead of engineering decision, the wind turbine placed at the viv stadium is one example where no wind will be, but advertising for politicians to rake in more climate monies, and may I follow by mentioning the solar panels with no battery to supplement transients for stability of the system.
That night Mr George Piggott showed the Italian engineers what to do and we had light, how can I then back the present electricity manager when he have no clue? I backed him during the days of top of the form debates along with Edmond Mansoor back in the days on television, but he’s a failure completely at this point, APUA should have a generation engineer as in other country that is responsible for the power station, a sort of chief engineer status , the electricity manager job would be pole lines, and it is over duplicated right now so the electricity manager think his job is to undermine the other engineers which is the feed back from all of them along with other subordinates. The other engineers themselves have potential that is not allowed, rather been constraint by the electricity manager, they have to keep their ability below his or else it’s victimization and retribution.
The person that answer I can tell that I angered you because you too know you have the potential to solve the low water pressure issue, but are you allowed to function?