The erection of reservoirs across the island to significantly improve water delivery to Barbadian households has been paying dividends.Giving a brief update on the Barbados Water Authority’s reservoir programme, Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr William Duguid said the majority of the water storage systems being erected across the island at this time were between 70 and 99 per cent completed.Speaking on a resolution in Parliament on Tuesday for State acquisition of just over one acre of land at Balls Plantation, Christ Church for the BWA to start work on another reservoir, Duguid said that residents, particularly in rural parishes, have been getting better access to the commodity.“It is paying dividends and I am looking forward to seeing improvements in St Lucy as well. I understand that they have some difficulties, but we are going to be going at this to make sure that the water infrastructure in this country continues to be improved constantly and consistently,” he said.However, Duguid noted that the Rising Sun Reservoir in Christ Church, which feeds almost that entire parish of approximately 40 000 residents, has to be repaired.
