Government of Antigua planning to boost water production

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CABINET NOTES:

The Cabinet was informed by the Minister of Public Utilities that plans have been put in place to move potable water production from 7 million gallons daily, to 9 million gallons each day, in a few weeks.

The object is to ensure that as demand grows in and around Carnival 2023, the APUA will be able to satisfy many households’ daily needs.

Drought continues to keep surface water and underground aquifers without a supply of stored, potable water; the alternative is reverse osmosis which is very expensive.

More than $100 million have been spent on purchasing and installing R/O plants since the Gaston Browne administration became the Government in 2014.

Rough seas have also caused many plants to reduce output when sand, shells, vegetation and small pebbles are sucked-in through the intake pipes, imperiling the R/O plants’ functionality.

The digging of near-shore wells, and the purchase of a super-filter have both helped to keep production at maximum level during rough seas.

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6 COMMENTS

  1. Oh please! Can we believe anything these band of misfits say? Perfect person to give this information. Max Hurst who a judge deemed “not credible.” Duh! Shut up already and just do something. I get water ONCE every seven days. With all your taking and promises, the situation just gets worst. Find people who know what the hell they’re doing and get this thing done. What will become of Antigua and Barbuda in the near future if these clowns continue to destroy our fair twin island state?

  2. At the end of last September, the ABLP promised that water production would be up and running; and here we are 7-8 months later, we still ah wait!

    I did a Gaston Browne “count-down” water system chart to see if would deliver as promised … and he couldn’t.

    Brixtonian proved right once again!

    HOWEVER, I’D RATHER I WAS WRONG FOR THE SAKE OF THE COUNTRY …

  4. Sounds to me like production of potable water isn’t the only issue, there seems to be an problems with distribution as well. Maybe expanding the distribution grid would be wise as well.

  5. Who cares about water problems!!

    We have economic growth!!!!!
    We have pretend treasury with play play money!!
    We have slaves for teachers!!!
    We have vote-padding!!
    We have dictator radio dey point!!

    How water problems go be on top of all this ABLP SPOTLIGHT!!!

    Gaston voice:
    STOP COMPLAIN AND GO CHO UP BUCKET!!
    Arwe HAVE ECONOMIC GROWTH!!!

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