Efforts to improve Antigua and Barbuda’s water supply are progressing, with the government focusing on increasing daily production to meet growing demand.
Cabinet recently announced several initiatives, including the disassembly of the outdated Tango plant to make way for a new Reverse Osmosis (RO) facility.
Information Minister Lionel Hurst noted, “The Tango plant takes up space but serves no purpose. Removing it will allow for a new RO plant, increasing production to meet the daily demand of 12 million gallons, as current output stands at 8 million.”
The Ffryes Beach RO Plant, commissioned in 2011, will resume operations next Friday following expansion and upgrades. Pumps will be activated on Tuesday, distributing water northward to St. John’s and southward to Johnson’s Point, Cades Bay, Old Road, and surrounding areas.
Currently, Antigua operates seven RO plants, with the largest at Crabbs producing 3.1 million gallons daily. Plans for a Bethesda plant have been scrapped, and APUA will instead construct a new facility at Crabbs Peninsula to replace the aging plant commissioned in 1988.
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Access to clean and reliable water is essential for public health and economic development,
I hope the government ensures proper planning and execution. Too often, these projects face delays or cost overruns, leaving communities waiting for solutions longer than expected.
Gaston why don’t you and your cronies give the people of this country a holly break and then some. Right now the water you giving us so messed up, it’s contaminating our drinking water cisterns. So now we are having to buy portable water. Wa you really up to boss?