| BWSL Will Take Over San Pedro’s Failing Water Supply |
| Fri, September 28, 2018 |
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| In our coverage of today's House Meeting - you've already seen all the stuff the members argued about - but one thing they did agree on was the 17 million dollar loan guarantee for the South Ambergris Caye Water and Sewerage Expansion project.
If you don't live on the island - you might now know it, but San Pedro has serious water shortages - especially during peak visitor periods such as Easter. The loan fund from the CDB will be for BWSL to buy over the island's water company - Consolidated Water Belize Limited and upgrade the water supply.
The acting Prime Minister explained:...
Hon. Patrick Faber- Acting Prime Minister
"This will benefit tremendously the residents of the Ambergris Caye. We have in the galleries the chairman of the Belize Water Services Ltd. of Belize and the Chairman assures me, madam speaker, that there is a lot that is being spent right now. And the Belizean people must know that the consolidated company, Consolidated Water Ltd, is a private entity now and it charges the BWSL a significant amount of money to provide water and sewage services to the residents of Ambergris Caye. I am told it is about $600 thousand on a monthly basis, madam speaker. Imagine when the BWSL, which is owned by the government, owns now this water system and in fact improves the water system. Every good Belizean knows, especially around Easter time when you go to San Pedro you have to be rationing off the water because the capacity of the water system there is not able to hold all the desires. You can't shower every day, you have to shower every other day; around Easter time in San Pedro. But with the kind of investments that this loan will make for BWSL, madam speaker, the people of the entire Ambergris Caye, I am told, will benefit."
The loan is being undertaken by BWS with Government as the Guarantor.
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