From left to right: Joy Dublin-Baptiste (Corporate Secretary), Roger Tonge (Financial Controller of APUA), Ian Lewis (Water Business Unit Manager APUA), Nicole Edwards (Project Coordinator APUA), Hon. Sir Robin Yearwood (Chairman of APUA Board), John Bradshaw (General Manager of APUA), Hon. Melford Nicholas (Minister of Utilities), Henry Charrabé (CEO of Seven Seas), Chad Schafer (CFO of Seven Seas), John Maginley (Seven Seas Representative), Erik Arfalk (SVP of BD Seven Seas), Bryce Mondor (Corp Development Manager) (photo by sevenseaswater.com)
Water production in Antigua and Barbuda is expected to get a boost as the second Seven Seas plant will go into production this weekend producing approximately 2 million gallons of water daily.
Minister of Utilities Melford Nicholas provided the update to Cabinet.
“As it relates to the supply of water, the Honorable Minister for Utilities, Melford Nicholas, he reported that the plant, the second Seven Seas plant, will go into production this coming weekend and will produce approximately 2 million gallons of water per day.
“Some added water service for particularly areas in the north, Hodges Bay, Coolidge, New Winthropes, Barnes Hill, Blue Waters, Cedar Valley, and so forth, will see improvements very shortly. They go into production this week. However, you may not see a difference in your supply of water because there will be the need for testing and adjusting and so forth as it goes into production this coming weekend,” Cabinet Spokesperson Maurice Merchant advised.
This should take some pressure off the system. Now let’s see consistent delivery reaching the communities that need it most.
Hmmmm where next? We need to cover the whole of Antigua
It might work for awhile but Antigua doesn’t do maintenance very well and the systems have failed in the past.
Great news. Let us maintain it please
Anything that strengthens the water supply is welcome. Still want to see long-term maintenance and transparency so we don’t end up right back where we started.