Bermuda Water Method Suggested For Barbados
Water officials in Barbados have been advised to adopt the Bermuda model as a means of alleviating the chronic water shortages that face the nation, according to a story by BarbadosToday.
The story said, “Barbados is classified by the United Nations Commission on Water as a ‘water scarce’ country, placing it slightly ahead of the desert nations of the Middle East in terms of availability per capita.
“And nowhere has this been more evident in recent months than in some northern and eastern districts, including communities in St Andrew, St Joseph, St Peter, St Lucy and St John, where residents have been thirsting for reliable running water.
“The Barbados Water Authority [BWA] recently announced it had begun drilling boreholes in Sweet Vale, St George and had been working with a private entity to develop a new feed at Groves, St Philip, to provide an additional three million gallons of water to supplement the supply to St Philip, Christ Church, St John, St Andrew and St Joseph.
“However, social activist David Comissiong has recommended that the authorities follow Bermuda’s example where homeowners are required by law to harvest water for their use.
“I have often wondered why we in Barbados have not adopted the techniques that have been deployed in Bermuda to deal with their water shortage programme,” Mr Comissiong told Barbados Today.
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Great idea, Barbados should follow our example with water, then in turn we need to follow their example in the way they tackled their debt situation, they trimmed down their CS to a manageable level and we should DO the same!!!!