New state-of-the-art water reservoirs to be installed @ Carrot Bay & Zion Hill
The project was awarded by the Virgin Islands Recovery and Development Agency (RDA) to local company Autland Heavy Equipment Company Limited through funding from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB).
Scope of work
The scope of work, according to Mr John Primo, Director of Procurement at the RDA, includes, but it is not limited to, construction of water tanks with ancillary piping and fittings, along with the distribution systems, supply and installation of bulk flow meters, customer water meters, data loggers, pressure sensors and pressure reducing valves and restoration of roads, drains, curbs and all areas affected by the construction works.
“This is the second signing for this week with the value of these works costing approximately $2.5M.
“Through these contracts, Government intends to inject a further $3.1M into the economy,” Mr Primo said at the contract signing on May 7, 2020, adding that procurement was done in accordance with CDB procurement policies.
747,282-gallon capacity
According to Minister for Transportation Works and Utilities, Hon Kye M. Rymer (R5), works will be conducted in stages, starting with Carrot Bay. He said the Zion Hill reservoir currently supplies Carrot Bay with potable water.
The Minister said 2 of 3 tanks will be installed at Carrot Bay and will have a combined capacity of 645,702 gallons and the other one at Zion Hill, which will have a capacity of 101,580 gallons.
He said the total capacity of the reservoirs will be 747,282 gallons, which is half of the total 1.5m gallon capacity under the CDB loan.
Hon Rymer added that tanks will be erected using a Pre-cast Glass-fused-to-steel water storage. The bolted technology combined with specialised jacking system will enable the tank to be built very quickly without dangerous scaffolding or expensive crane time.
Additionally, he said the corrosion-resistant glass-fused-to-steel interior and exterior surface will eliminate the need for costly sandblasting and repainting which will significantly reduce lifetime maintenance cost.
Two 26 ft high retaining walls to protect the reservoirs throughout their design life will be installed at Carrot Bay.
The water plant at Cappoons Bay, owned and operated by Aqua Design Ltd, will continue to supply the reservoirs with water for community distribution.
‘Erase your shame’- Premier Fahie
Premier and Minister of Finance, Honourable Andrew A. Fahie, who is also the First District Representative, said water woes have existed for a while in the First District and that the people have been constantly complaining about the lack of access to the public water supply.
“One lady even told me that it is a shame that I am the Minister of Finance and we have these issues. So I can tell her now when I go home today to erase your shame and start to get your buckets to put away because the water, after these reservoirs are fixed by the capable contracts that won the bid…, the Minister will have water flowing through the taps because now we will have access to it.”
Hon Fahie said the contract signing for the building of the reservoirs “is good news to the people of the First District who have seen many projects started with the water woes over the years to fix them but they never came to an amicable end.”
He said this time he is confident, with all the players involved, the issues would be resolved.
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17 Responses to “New state-of-the-art water reservoirs to be installed @ Carrot Bay & Zion Hill”
Just asking?
ask penn; also ask Him about the eight million dollars that went through house of assembly for the sewage project. No project. No money. No one gone HMP
Hope water is still wet by the time this happens.
And that there is no longer toxic smoke from Pockwood Pond area works.
VIP is doing a remarkable job!!! Thank you Ministers !!!
To the residents in the areas where water will become available, I do hope that they will take full advantage of the opportunity and start back-yard gardens to provide fruits and vegetables for their respective communities. As we are experiencing the COVID-19 virus, I am sure that more residents will cultivate every available space around their properties with cash crops such as tomatoes, eggplant and ochroes. Those of you who do not have much land space can start container garden.
There can be no excuse that water is a problem. Those of you who visit your relatives in New York City and other states would notice that they do not have land space and yet they have back-yard gardens