Hurricane Season has begun and the Barbados Water Authority is pushing ahead with getting its contingency measures in place. With the assistance of Barbados Light & Power, the Authority will be installing generators at some facilities across the island.
The installation work will be undertaken between 8:30 am & 4:30 pm starting on Tuesday, June 6th and is expected to last until Saturday, June 10th, 2023.
The areas that may be affected are:
On June 6th – Applewhaites, Baird’s Village, Belair, Bridge Cot, Briggs Hill, Byde’s Mill, Christie Village, Cottage, Cottage Terrace, Dukes Tenantry, Farm Road, Forty Acres, Free Hill, Grand View, Groves Tenantry, Harmony, Jordans, Locust Hall, Middleton, Newbury, Paradise, Prerogative, Proute, Retreat, Roach Village, Rock Hall, Salisbury, Shop Hill, St. Helen’s, Taitt Hill, Vaucluse Tenantry, White Hill Tenantry, Hopewell and surrounding districts.
On June 7th – Fairview, Fairview Heights, Free Hill, Greens, Jordans, Middleton, Prerogative, Salisbury, St. Judes, Superlative, Workmans, Bannatyne, Boarded Hall, Brereton, Buttals Tenantry, Campaign Castle, Constant, Cox Road, Dayrell’s Hill, Eastlyn, Edey Village, First Step, Frere Pilgrim, Good Intent, Hannays Valley, Lower Brighton, Lower Greys, Mannings Village, South District, St. Davids, Walkers Valley, Watts Village, Waverley Cot, Windsor Tenantry and surrounding areas.
On June 8th – Airy Cot, Airy Hill, Apes Hill, Baxters, Bissex, Bloomsbury, Braggs Hill, Bruce Vale, Cane Garden, Carrington Village, Chapman Village, Chimborazo, Church Gap, Hillaby, Clifton Hill, Clifton Tenantry, Coconut Grove, Content Tenantry, Dark Hole, Dunscombe, Endeavour, Farmers, Friendship, Fruitful Hill, Gregg Farm, Highland, Lammings, Lion Castle, Lower Canefield, Mellows, Melvins Hill, Parks, Porey Spring, Spa Hill, Spring Farm, St. Bernard’s Village, Strong Hope, Sturges, Sugar Hill, Turner’s Hall, Upper Canefiled, Walkes Spring, Welchman Hall, White Hill and surrounding districts.
On June 9th – Mount Brevitor, French Village, Durham, Glendolough Road, Jemmott’s, Josey Hill, Lowlands, Mount View, Peterses, Rock Hall, St. Clements and surrounding areas.
On June 10th – Bannatyne, Boarded Hall, Brereton, Buttals Tenantry, Campaign Castle, Constant, Cox Road, Dayrell’s Hill, Eastlyn, Edey’s Village, First Step, Frere Pilgrim, Good Intent, Hannays Valley, Lower Brighton, Lower Greys, Mannings Village, South District, St. Davids, Walkers Valley, Watts Village, Waverley Cot, Windsor Tenantry, Bartletts Tenantry, Briar Hall, Clapham, Club Morgan, Elizabeth Park, Flagstaff, Fort George Heights, Graeme Hall, Haggat Hall, Howells Cross Road, Lower Birneys, Mapp Hill, Mount Friendship, Pinelands, Highgate Gardens, Regency Park, Rendezvous, Sargeants Village, Sheraton Park, St. Barnabas, Warners Park, Warners Terrace, Wildey and surrounding districts.
As a result, residents and businesses located in the mentioned districts may suffer low pressure or water outages while work is ongoing.
Customers are asked to store an adequate supply of water to assist and water tankers will be deployed to assist if necessary. Residents experiencing water supply issues in any of the areas are asked to call the BWA’s Customer Service Centre at 434-4292.
The Barbados Water Authority apologises for any inconvenience this work may cause. (ENDS)
June 4th, 2023