West Coast Water Supply Project at advanced stage

watertapWork on the $30 Million dollar West Coast Water Supply Project is now at an advanced stage.

The Project which is being done in three phases, is funded by the European Union (EU) and the Government of Dominica and when complete, is expected to improve the water supply to residents from Salisbury to Capuchin.

DOWASCO’s Public relations officer, Edward Registe, in an interview with the Government Information Service (GIS) this week, said much of the pipe laying works have been completed.

“That project was divided into three lots. Lot one would see the construction of two intakes and two treatment facilities, one on the Picard river and one on the Coulibistrie river. That part of the project was awarded to ACE Engineering and they have been progressing quite steadily on that aspect of the project,” Registe said.

He said a significant amount of work has been done on the construction of the access routes for the new intakes in both Picard and Coulibistrie. He added that work is also progressing on the construction of the treatment facilities.

“We are also seeing a lot of work being done on the pipe works within that lot of the project. We are satisfied with what we are seeing so far within that lot of the project with ACE Engineering,” the DOWASCO PRO pointed out.

Registe told GIS that work on lot two of the project is nearing completion.

“We also have seen quite a bit of work done on lot two. Lot two involved the laying of iron pipes between the communities of Salisbury to Capuchin. Thirty-two kilometers of pipe lines have been laid along the West coast of Dominica and that is basically completed. We arrived in Capuchin a few months ago and we are very happy about that,”  Registe explained.

He said road reinstatement work which needed to be done between Tan Tan and Capuchin is now ongoing and pressure testing, he said,  is now ninety-nine percent complete.

“Lot two I can say is more than ninety percent completed and we are hoping that we can continue the project and move on satisfactorily as possible,” he noted.

Lot three of the West Coast Water Supply Project will involve the construction of nine storage tanks.

Registe said that aspect of the project is expected to get on the way as soon as funding has been identified by Government.

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5 Comments

  1. lord put a hand
    March 18, 2013

    lies lies and more lies i need water at my home in morne rachette dowasco

  2. March 17, 2013

    Hello. I want to say thanks to DOWASCO and Ace for bringing pipe borne water to our citizens. I would also like to say with so many Rivers in DA all our people should have water. Why can’t they build some small dams which would provide water and electricity.

  3. March 17, 2013

    This story is too good for us. After three days, not one comment. Good thimngs are swept under the carpet and we promote the bad galore. this is too good for us.

    congrats DOWASCO and government of Dominica. I am looking forward to improvements on the Water Area I network soo to start.

  4. resident
    March 17, 2013

    Macoucherie, is not part of it, and DOWASCO say is no need! :-x

  5. Dominicawoman
    March 16, 2013

    Congrats to Ace Engineering. Keep up the good work of bringing development to our country. Hats off.

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