Madam Speaker, two days after Hurricane Irma struck the British Virgin Islands, the Ministry of Communications and Works engaged its Special Projects Unit to implement emergency protocols for the Water and Sewerage Department. 

Residents are asked to follow safety measures to ensure water quality and minimise the risk of illnesses.

The public is informed that utility services are likely to be disconnected during a hurricane.

As we are in the peak of the Atlantic Hurricane Season and continue to observe and experience tropical wave activity, members of the public are encouraged to store drinking water and water for sanitation. 

The public is asked to telephone the following hotlines to report damages caused by the Tropical Wave on August 7.

The Territory’s residents are urged to apply safety measures to ensure water quality following the impact of a flood.

The residents of Virgin Gorda are informed that there will be no public water service on Lee Road from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 25.

The Water and Sewerage Department is advising customers of a water rationingscheduleto affect some areas in the Territory.

The public is informed that works to install sewer force main pipes from Fine Foods Supermarket to the Long Swamp Bridge (near the East End Police Station) continue on Monday, May 8. 

The Cane Garden Bay Revetment Project was launched with a literal splash as a symbolic “first” rock was dropped into the ocean at the site of the proposed revetment.