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Staff of the Barbados Water Authority (BWA) could be locked out of their Pine, St Michael headquarters.

So fearful is management of this occurring that they moved all of the entity’s trucks, tankers and other equipment from the Pine on Friday to ensure they would have access to them if the building is locked down on Monday.

That is because the BWA has defaulted on the lease payment, and Innotech Aquaserve Ltd, landlords for the $44 million complex, issued a letter to the public utility company on December 5, giving it 48 hours to come up with the cash.

Sources told THE NATION that workmen spent several hours on Friday moving equipment off-site to the Bridgetown Sewage Treatment Plant complex at Lakes Folly, the City; the pumping station at Golden Ridge, St George; and the Barbados Defence Force headquarters. (MB)

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