{"id":360953,"date":"2026-05-14T09:05:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=360953"},"modified":"2026-05-14T09:05:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T13:05:50","slug":"dowasco-announces-progress-for-water-sector-strategic-development-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/dowasco-announces-progress-for-water-sector-strategic-development-project\/","title":{"rendered":"DOWASCO announces progress for Water Sector Strategic Development Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-360954\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DOWASCO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"443\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO) has made significant progress on all four project sites under the Water Sector Strategic Development Project (WSSDP) meant to improve the water infrastructure in Grand Fond\/Morne Jaune, Calibishie, Castle Bruce, and Coulibistrie\/Morne Rachette\/Salisbury.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a statement via the company\u2019s Facebook page, various challenges have affected the progress of works to date, including weather-related incidents, terrain, equipment, and administrative delays.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhile the project was expected to be completed at the end of March, a new completion date of September 30, 2026, has been requested, and approval is expected to be granted by the CDB shortly,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All pipes have been laid in Grand Fond.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360955\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360955\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-360955 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-642x482.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-642x482.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Pipes-laid-out.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pipes laid out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, the statement noted that the installation of the cross-country supply pipeline from Grand Fond to Morne Jaune is more than 60% complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNew 115,000- and 70,000-gallon storage tanks have been installed in Grand Fond and Morne Jaune, respectively,\u201d the statement revealed. \u201cAlso ongoing in that area is the replacement of parts of the distribution network. &#8220;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement concluded, &#8220;Pipeline to undertake this project have been stored in various sections within the communities to facilitate these works.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dominica Water and Sewerage Company Limited (DOWASCO) has made significant progress on all four project sites under the Water Sector Strategic Development Project (WSSDP) meant to improve the water infrastructure in Grand Fond\/Morne Jaune, Calibishie, Castle Bruce, and Coulibistrie\/Morne&#8230;","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":360954,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[235,285,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-360953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-carousel","category-infrastructure","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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