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Water relief on the way, says Mottley

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IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS and over the next two months, the cries of water-starved residents in some parts of the country should finally be a thing of the past.

This is according to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley as Government nears the completion of a series of initiatives to combat the water crisis.

Speaking during a ceremony for the reopening ceremony of the St Joseph Outpatients Clinic in Horse Hill, she said the water supply in St Joseph and St Thomas in particular would soon improve.

“There will be a new reservoir at Castle Grant (in St Joseph) just a couple hundred yards away from the existing reservoir. Castle Grant feeds both Castle Grant east and Castle Grant west. Castle Grant west is fed predominantly from Apes Hill (in St James) and Castle Grant east is predominantly fed from Golden Ridge (in St George) and the two bore holes in Sweet Vale (in that same parish). (SB)

 

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