Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Housing and water resource management, Lucian Blackmoore, has stated that the ministry responsible for water management in collaboration with DOWASCO has been mandated to ensure one hundred percent pipe-borne water in all communities by June 2017.
The statement was made during the contract signing for the E.C $4.8-million North-West Coast Water Project.
Blackmoore said that he is very satisfied at the current percentage coverage point being 98 percent and with the completion of the Belles, Penrice, Layou Park, Sylvania and Despor systems in April 2017, national coverage would be at 99.5 percent.
“I say this within the context of today’s official signing ceremony for the construction of the eight water storage tanks as part of the West Coast water supply,” he said
Blackmore also stated that this project is another way in which the government is geared towards a strategic development of the country on a whole.
“ Furthermore, this activity is a clear demonstration of the continuation of the strategic development objective of this government to provide an adequate, reliable water supply for Dominica, particularly for the communities in the West coast and North-West coast of this country,” he remarked.
For the sake of Dominica I want to believe this..patience
This is good. Just make sure the stretch entering Castle Bruce is included in this 100%.
Good move but I think it should be better said that 100% of COMMUNITIES will have pipe-borne water. It does not mean absolute coverage of every home since many of the homes in some communities will still not be able to afford pipe-borne water. They may however have access through community stand-pipes.
Sorry,this is not a NEW project,we have had these statements for the last five years.
Blackmore when you describe drinking water please remember to mention the word “safe”.
Training is now available for all concerned with the safety and healthy watersheds of our beautiful Nature Isle. Please contact Mr. Stephen Durand of Forestry, Wildlife and National Parks for more information. More importantly, you can join in the Adopt-A-River programme. And encourage others to do the same!
Good job Mr linton more thinking of damaging than building.
I was reading to see where it would say CBI was funding this
Bon Diay I did the same thing too we