On Thursday night past there was a catastrophic failure at the Naval
Base Reverse Osmosis Plant. The well supplying the plant failed and
while corrective action was in progress, a subsequent material failure
resulted in extended down time for the plant. It is now anticipated
that supplies will be restored late this evening.
This facility
supplies water to all settlements from Gregory Town in the north to
Savannah Sound in the south. Supplies were diverted from our northern
system located in the Bogue but this is not expected to be overly
effective.
Due to the prolonged outage, hundreds of customers,
businesses and Government entities have experienced loss of supply.
After repairs are completed, customers in the affected areas may
continue to experience reduced service levels for the next 48 hours,
until full restoration of the system.
Besides the immediate
restoration efforts, WSC has also initiated both medium and long term
plans for improving water quality, supply and storage on the entire
island of Eleuthera. This includes the recently announced $41 Mn
project partially funded by the Caribbean Development Bank, and the
Bahamas Government, and other initiatives such a desalinated water
supply for the north, and increased storage and production capacity to
mitigate the effects of supply failures such as this one in Central
Eleuthera.
The Corporation sincerely apologizes for the extended
supply interruption and will continue to keep you updated. Please follow
our website www.wsc.com.bs, or our
Facebook Page regarding corrective works and restoration of supply.
Customers are also invited to email their concerns and/or feedback to help@wsc.com.bs or call our toll free number at (242) 300 0150.
