Intermittent power outages in the north of Barbados between Sunday evening and Monday have caused some of the Barbados Water Authority’s (BWA) facilities to go offline periodically.
In a statement issued today, the BWA said the Barbados Light & Power Company Ltd (BLPC) addressed the issue on Sunday evening and stations were put back online, but there was another series of outages on Monday morning.
Most of the stations are back online, but customers in some districts will be affected by an intermittent water supply until the distribution systems completely recharge.
The areas which may currently be affected by low pressure or water outages as a result include:
St Joseph: Joe’s River, Gaggs Hill, Cleavers Hill, St Elizabeth New Road, St Elizabeth Village, Bathsheba, Hillswick Village and surrounding areas.
St. John: Foster Hall and surrounding districts.
St Peter: The Rock, Mile and a Quarter, Mount Brevitor, Maynards, Rose Hill, Ashton Hall, Collins Tenantry, Date Tree Hill, The Baltic, The Risk, Boscobel and surrounding areas.
St Lucy: Allendale Village, Benthams, Pickering, Durhams, Jemmotts, Chance Hall, Mount View, Glendolough Road, Josey Hill, Peterses, Rock Hall, Lamberts, Mount Gay, Oxford, Church Hill, Luke Hill, Alexandria, Cave Hill, Graveyard Road, Air View Road and surrounding districts.
Meanwhile, Light and Power is also carrying out work near the BWA’s Hampton Station in St Philip which caused a short power outage at the facility this morning. Power at the location was transferred to the BWA’s generators until the BLPC’s work is completed. However, customers at the higher elevations in some St Philip and Christ Church districts may have been affected in the interim.
Water tankers will be dispatched to assist residents in the affected districts as a temporary measure while all systems recharge. (PR/SAT)
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