It has been six years since MIYA Bahamas arrived in Nassau. Its mission: to assist the Water & Sewerage Corporation (WSC) in its efforts to reduce millions of gallons of non-revenue water (NRW) which were being lost daily due to leaks, wastage, theft and deteriorating pipes. Thanks to an $83 million loan secured by the government from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), MIYA Bahamas, in partnership with WSC, set out to improve the efficiency and quality of service provision of potable water and address critical sewerage needs in New Providence.

WITH less than three weeks until public schools reopen, Education Minister Jeff Lloyd said those facilities needing critical repairs are about 75 percent complete.

According to the minister yesterday, contractors have assured him the work will be done to meet the opening of schools on September 2.

FREQUENT power cuts in New Providence have not sparked an uptick in generator sales, according to one supplier of generators.

Nor have the power cuts led to an increase in requests to the government to import solar panel systems. While solar systems need the approval of the government to be imported duty-free, the panels are automatically duty-free. Inverters for solar panels are also duty-free and generators can be imported at a duty rate of five percent.

However, despite these concessions, there hasn’t been a spike in requests to bring in solar systems, according to Finance Minister K Peter Turnquest.

These photos and videos show the scene at the Blue Hill Road Power Plant last night as Bahamas Power and Light staff worked hard to get GT-10 – a 60-year-old turbine – online before the weekend.