MORE WATER FOR WOODLAND SOON

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Thousands of people across Woodland, San Francique, Penal and environs are expected to start receiving a more reliable supply of water within a few weeks’ time.  This as the Water and Sewage Authority is undertaking a major pipeline-laying project in the Woodland community at a cost of $26M.  On Tuesday the Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzales did a site visit of the project, our reporter Cindy Raghubar-Teekersingh was there.

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00:00Weeks or months of dry taps is something Minister of Public Utilities Marvin

00:05Gonzalez says will soon be an experience of the past for thousands of woodland

00:11San Francisco and Pinal residents. This area as you know has been suffering from

00:19a very poor water supply for decades and that is as a result of the current

00:26pipeline infrastructure which cannot carry the volume of water to meet with

00:32several communities especially those that occupy on the high elevation. Two

00:38weeks ago four contractors hired for the five-phase project began work to lay

00:43down 6.5 kilometers of pipeline of that four kilometers of 16 inch pipe and the

00:50rest of the way in 12 inch lines replacing the old existing 8 inch

00:54pipelines. The work is just over 40% complete. The installation of a

01:01transmission pipeline from the corner of the M2 ring road woodland along the

01:05woodland road up to the corner of woodland and tenant trees and then the

01:10further installation of a transmission line on the end of Antilles trees up to

01:16the corner of Antilles trees and San Francisco. During a visit of the work sites along the

01:21woodland main road on Tuesday Minister Gonzalez says work should be completed

01:26by April and over 39,000 people in these and surrounding communities should see a

01:33great improvement. Many of the communities here suffer from an

01:38intermittent or unreliable supply of water ranging from once every nine days

01:42to once every 18 days or 20 days and when there is a disruption that can go

01:49to 25 days easily. This pipeline upgrade would ensure that the carrying capacity

01:58of the pipeline would increase significantly thereby improving the

02:03supply of water to at least to most of the affected communities to at least in

02:08the in the in the short term twice per week which is a significant improvement.

02:13To supply the increased volume Minister Gonzalez says a number of wells being

02:19drilled in the southwest region of the island will help ease the dependence of

02:23this area on the Pinal and Karani water treatment plants. When asked about the

02:29impact on the area's road infrastructure Minister Gonzalez says it's part of the

02:34project scope and will be fully restored when the pipelines are laid and tested.

02:40Cindy Raghubar Tika Singh TV6 News

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