ST JOHN’S, Antigua, Aug 12 2015 – The Antigua Public Utilities Authority (APUA) says the absence of significant rain fall continues to affect water reserves.
Ian Lewis, the production engineer in the authority’s Water Business Unit, says APUA is down to its last reservoir.
Lewis said that the APUA is continuing to tweak the water rationing schedule so as to keep consumers satisfied.
Antigua and Barbuda is into a second consecutive year of a drought and APUA said that water from one of the main reserves is below extraction level and the company is on its last source of surface water.
Lewis estimates that there are “about three weeks” left from that facility and consumers will now have to rely on desalinated and ground water.
He warned if the drought persists APUA will have to implement “more intense water rationing” and while the country is able to operate with ground and desalinated water, consumers will be without water for prolonged periods.
He is urging consumers to reserve water and not to waste the commodity on things such watering lawns, gardens and ensure loads are filled when washing and use recycle water where possible.
