From today and for the next four days, some schools and businesses will encounter either no water or low pressure as there will be a major disruption to the island’s water supply with work being undertaken at the Ionics Desalination Plant on the Mighty Grynner Highway.
Some parts of St Michael, St George and Christ Church will be affected.
Those in St Michael are Bayville, Chelsea Road, Deighton, Bay Street, Waterford, Codrington, Spooners Hill, Bush Hall, Tudor Bridge, Grazettes, Station Hill, Fairfield Cross Road, Haggatt Hall, Howells Cross Road, Neils, Belle Gully, Belle Tenantry, Licorish Village, My Lord’s Hill, Flint Hall, Welches, Martinique, Government Hill, Pine Plantation Road, Pine Gardens, Two Mile Hill, Upper Collymore Rock, Brittons Hill, Mapp Hill, Mount Friendship, St Barnabas, Pinelands, Highgate Gardens, Flagstaff, Clapham, Wildey, Fort George Heights, Belleville, Lower Collymore Rock, Dunlow Lane, Martindales Road and Nelson Street.
In St George, Dash Valley, Lower Burney, Monroe Village and Salters.
As for Christ Church areas, they include Kings Village, Dayrells Road, Harts Gap, Hastings, St Matthias, Navy Gardens, Marine Gardens, Rockley, Golf Club, Blue Waters, Worthing, St Lawrence, Paradise Village, Top Rock, Dover, Maxwell, Fairholme Gardens, Hythe Gardens, Welches, Oistins, Scarborough, Keizer Hill, Enterprise, Elizabeth Park, Regency Park, Sheraton Park, Sargeant’s Village, Warners Park, Warners Terrace, Briar Hall, Graeme Hall, Rendezvous, Bartletts Tenantry and Club Morgan.
This comes on the heels of three days of some residents and businesses across St John, St George and St Philip having no or low water service. This was because the Bowmanston station in St John was initially taken offline on Friday because of an electrical fault, returned to service and subsequently went down again as a result of a power outage.
On Saturday, the facility remained offline and yesterday the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) was forced to bring in standby diesel generators while crews worked to restore full electrical power. The BWA said water supplies would be restored gradually, but warned that some customers could continue to experience outages or low pressure. The BWA also warned that tanker deliveries could be delayed because of high demand for water tanker assistance.
Low reservoir levels
But the latest developments come after a steady succession of problems throughout August such as low reservoir levels and damaged mains.
On August 7 and 8, there were burst mains in Spring Farm, St Andrew; Mangrove, St Philip; Halls Village, St James; Goodland Gardens and Golf Club Road in Christ Church.
On August 9, St Lucy was badly affected by burst mains in Trents, Colleton and Hope Road. Updates on August 11 and 12, notified that burst mains were yet again repaired in areas in St James, St Thomas, St Michael and St Philip. On August 13, reduced flow from a St Michael facility affected customers in parts of St George, St Thomas, St Michael and St James.
Then, beginning August 19, BWA was forced into emergency repairs on a large-diameter main in the Golden Ridge area of St George, affecting customers in St Andrew, St Thomas and St Joseph. The next day it reported another rupture on the same large-diameter main.
The following day, emergency repairs were required on another large-diameter main in the Sargeant’s Village area of Christ Church, affecting customers in Sargeant’s Village, Regency Park and Elizabeth Park.
By August 22, the Golden Ridge main was again under repair, with customers in St Andrew, St Thomas, St Joseph, and St John facing further disruption.
On the same day, the BWA was reporting low reservoir levels at its St John facility, affecting residents and businesses across parts of St John, St George and St Philip.
On September 2, the Authority reported that reduced flow at the St John facility was again affecting customers in parts of St John, St George, and St Joseph. Tankers were deployed as a temporary measure.
Last Friday, places such as Westbury Road and Bank Hall, St Michael, were without water as the BWA worked on two burst mains. Yesterday, crews were back at the same Bank Hall location dealing with yet another burst main and one in Corbins Road, St Peter.
When contacted yesterday, a BWA spokesperson said: “The BWA manages and maintains a network of over 45 pumping stations across Barbados. While the system is very reliable, at various times during the year it will require routine maintenance work, urgent repairs or upgrades. With any infrastructural work the BWA team endeavours to manage and reduce its impact on customers as much as possible.
“Unfortunately, emergency infrastructural issues cannot always be predicted or scheduled. However, in all such scenarios the BWA notifies customers of the issue as soon as possible via social and traditional media channels, while the BWA team works to resolve the matter in the shortest possible time.” (NS)
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