Etatokom residents in Ba will soon receive improved water supply.
Currently the community is drawing water from a borehole that is not sufficient to meet their needs. About 22 residents living in Etatoko settlement in Ba will soon benefit from the main extension works being carried out by the Water Authority of Fiji (WAF).
Etatoko is one of Ba’s elevated areas where the water supply cannot keep pace with the increasing demands of a growing population.
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Additional homes have also been built that were not connected to the reticulation system
Currently the community is drawing water from a borehole that is not sufficient to meet residents needs and those connected to the reticulation system only receive water seven hours a day; from 6am to 10am and from 5pm to 8pm.
Once the project is completed, the existing WAF customers and those who have been connected to the system by the main extension project will receive an improved water supply, with adequate pressure.
The $200,000 project began in January 2018, with the objective of having work finished by the end of April 2018.
The work involves the laying of 160 lengths of 150mm mPVC pipeline, from the existing 80mm mPVC main, along the Etatoko Circular Road in Ba. This section of the WAF reticulation system is supplied with water from the Waiwai reservoir.
WAF continues to champion the provision of a sustainable supply of quality water to the people of Fiji.
Edited by Percy Kean
