The Tribune

By KHRISNA VIRGIL

Deputy Chief Reporter

kvirgil@tribunemedia.net

WATER and Sewerage Corporation Chairman Leslie Miller yesterday said he expects New Providence’s water supply to be back to normal today following reports that sections of the island experienced disruptions to service in the wake of Hurricane Matthew.

Mr Miller told The Tribune that WSC experienced challenges with its standby generators, which powers the water provider’s substations.

As a result, customers scattered across the island complained of having no water when they turned their faucets on to carry out essential activities.

However, Mr Miller said crews were working around the clock and in many instances well into the night to rectify the issues.

“We had some problems with some of our substations where the generators went bad and we were just trying to get everything rectified now, between now and tomorrow (Wednesday),” the Tall Pines MP said yesterday when he was contacted.

“(We had issues) because with the lack of electricity we had to use stand by generators and they were giving us some problems.

“The substation on Thompson Boulevard that was giving us some problems – we just got that rectified yesterday evening (Monday) and some of the other ones were giving some problems so we are just trying to rectify them now.

“I would say within the next 24 hours everyone should be back up to normal. Of course we also sent a massive crew to Andros where they really had problems where they really had no water at all. Most of Andros or 90 per cent of it has water now especially in North Andros so we are just trying.”

He added: “The problems in Nassau were just in certain areas for example in Stapleton Gardens they had a problem and it was rectified in about six hours and it’s just in scattered areas where we have a problem with the pumps because of the lack of electricity.”

On Friday, WSC said while it was generally able to maintain supplies wherever standby power facilities were present, numerous communities in the Family Islands were disrupted.