Public Utilities Minister Sir Robin Yearwood has announced that another reverse osmosis plant will be contributing to production levels by tomorrow.
“We are putting a plant down at Ffryes as we speak… it’s going on the line Thursday,” he said on Tuesday evening.
Yearwood recently announced in his budget presentation that the government is working to improve the water situation in Antigua and Barbuda.
He also added that the plant will produce 350,000 imperial gallons of water which will be routed to Gray Hill. Meanwhile, the Fort James plant is expected to be operational within the next two weeks and is expected to produce at least “half a million gallons per day”.
He also added, “That will serve Fort James coming up, give water to the cruise ships so they don’t have to use the present water we are using, and goes right across to go over to the Sandals area with all them people there.”
He further mentioned that the reverse osmosis plant planned for Bethesda is expected to arrive in Antigua between late August and September and will supply the villages of Freetown, Mill Reef and Bethesda up to Long Bay.
He asked residents to be patient while the ministry aims to remedy water supply, committing the Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party administration to this major promise for 2022.
