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Golden Ridge Pumping Station to be shut down tonight

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THE BARBADOS WATER Authority informs the public that due to exceedingly low water levels at its Golden Ridge Pumping Station, there will be an emergency shutdown from this evening at 6 p.m. until 8 a.m. tomorrow Wednesday April 6.

The regular schedule shutdown of 8 p.m. until 4 a.m. will continue from tomorrow night April 6th until further notice. 

As a result, residents in St Thomas, St George, St John and St Philip will experience low water pressure and outages. Areas will include Hopewell, Vaucluse, Content, Rock Hall, Shop Hill, Christie Village, Cane Garden Heights, Proute, Strong Hope; Applewaites, Locust Hall, Bournes Village, Paradise, Jericho, Market Hill, Cottage Grove Development, Cottage Retreat, Newbury, Todds,;   Tappy Pond, Wilson Hill , Sherbourne, Claybury, Cherry Grove, Pool, Four Roads, Lemon Arbor, Gall Hill, Carters , Glebe Land,  Clifton Hall, Edge Cliff, Church View, Newcastle, Foster Hall, Messiah Street , Colleton   Coach Hill, Sargeants Street, Pothouse, Society, Church View;   Dodds,   Moncrieffe, Parish Land and neighbouring districts.

 All of the affected residents are therefore advised to store water for domestic use during the hours of disruption.

The Barbados Water Authority apologises for the inconvenience and assures its valued customers that it is doing everything possible to rectify the problem. (PR)

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