Government Helping WASCO To Truck Water To Consumers

Ahead of a planned March 1 Northern system shutdown to repair pipeline leaks, the Water and Sewerage Company Inc. (WASCO) has announced that the government would assist with trucking water to consumers. “They will assist us with that trucking, for which we are very grateful,” WASCO Chief Executive Officer Zilta George-Leslie said at a news conference on Tuesday. She explained that trucking water to customers, which WASCO has been doing for the past three weeks, is very costly. However, she said the government was willing to partner with WASCO in paying truckers to provide the service. The WASCO CEO disclosed that trucking water would continue until February 29. But she said on March 1 and 2, no trucking will occur because of the temporary system shutdown. Nevertheless, she told reporters that in the case of an emergency, WASCO has a backup. “We have the Hill 20 system, which is not attached to this John Compton Dam system,” George-Leslie stated. She also said WASCO has its Thomazo system in Dennery. The WASCO CEO said in the event of an emergency, truckers could collect water from those two facilities. George-Leslie observed that people can request trucking currently. “We have now established those...