The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be conducting emergency repairs on two mains at Warleigh, St. Peter on Thursday, January
5th between 10:00 a.m. & 8:00 p.m.
As a result, the facility supplying water to customers in the following areas will be offline:
• Bakers • Rock Dundo • Upper Carlton
• Westmoreland • Crick Hill • Upper Mount Standfast • Westcliff • Lancaster
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The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) today said that one of the pumps at a St Peter station has been taken offline. A statement from BWA said this action was taken to facilitate urgent repairs to the connected pipeline supplying the distribution network. As a result, residents in Baywoods, Benny Hall, Black Bess, Boscobelle, Castle Tenantry, Diamond Corner, Four Hills, Gays Village, Mount Stepney, Rock Hall, St. Silas Heights, The Baltic, …
• Suspected on a 6-inch main at Fortesque
The BWA said while crews carry out repairs to these ruptured mains, residents in the surrounding districts will experience low water pressure or outages.
Customers in some St James and St Peter may be affected by the bursts on the large sized mains in St Peter including: Baker’s Tenantry, Baywoods, Benny Hall, Black Bess, Boscobelle, Castle Tenantry, Diamond Corner, Endeavour, Farmers, Four Hills, Gays Village, Indian Ground, Mangrove Terrace, Mount Stepney, Orange Hill, Pleasant Hall, Rock Hall, Roebuck, Sedge Pond, Sion Hill, St Silas Heights, The Baltic and Water Hall Terrace.
The BWA will assist residents in the affected districts via tanker as a temporary measure.