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Residents and Visitors Demand Access to Good Quality Water

Tue, Apr 16th 2013, 07:34 AM
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Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development the Hon. Philip Davis opens the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Water and Sanitation Division's Water Week 2013 Workshop held at Atlantis, Monday, April 15, 2013. (BIS Photo/Patrick Hanna)

Nassau, The Bahamas -- Residents and visitors to The Bahamas all demand basic needs such as access to good quality, reliable potable water supply and environmental compliant sanitation services, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development the Hon. Philip Davis said.
Providing good quality, reliable potable water supply has always been a major challenge in The Bahamas, and as the population centres grow, it has proven difficult to provide and operate sanitation services, DPM Davis explained. The Deputy Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Water and Sanitation Division's Water Week 2013 Workshop held at Atlantis, Monday, April 15, 2013.
Approximately 100 delegates from around 25 Caribbean, Latin and South American countries attended the workshop. DPM Davis said, "The Bahamas Government has a long standing positive relationship with the Bank, and in reviewing your existing Bahamas Loan and Technical Cooperation Portfolio, I note that there are several active loan projects including the $81 million Water and Sewerage (WSC) Support Programme.
 "My Government is closely monitoring the progress of the programme and we expect that at its conclusion, we will have a fully regulated, financially viable WSC that offers first class water and sanitation services to our residents and visitors in an efficient and environmentally compliant manner."

Nassau, The Bahamas -- Residents and visitors to The Bahamas all demand basic needs such as access to good quality, reliable potable water supply and environmental compliant sanitation services, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Works and Urban Development the Hon. Philip Davis said.

Providing good quality, reliable potable water supply has always been a major challenge in The Bahamas, and as the population centres grow, it has proven difficult to provide and operate sanitation services, DPM Davis explained. The Deputy Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) Water and Sanitation Division's Water Week 2013 Workshop held at Atlantis, Monday, April 15, 2013.

Approximately 100 delegates from around 25 Caribbean, Latin and South American countries attended the workshop. DPM Davis said, "The Bahamas Government has a long standing positive relationship with the Bank, and in reviewing your existing Bahamas Loan and Technical Cooperation Portfolio, I note that there are several active loan projects including the $81 million Water and Sewerage (WSC) Support Programme.

 "My Government is closely monitoring the progress of the programme and we expect that at its conclusion, we will have a fully regulated, financially viable WSC that offers first class water and sanitation services to our residents and visitors in an efficient and environmentally compliant manner."

 

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