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Region Eight authorities outraged as water lines vandalised again
Authorities of Mahdia and Campbell Town, Region Eight, have expressed
Regional Executive Officer, Ronald Harsawack, indicating where a section of the PPR pipe leading to Mahdia was deliberately cut.
outrage as vandals severely damaged water lines, just a few weeks after a government team visited that mining area to hear similar complaints.
According to Regional Executive Officer of Region Eight, Ronald Harsawack, this latest act of vandalism was discovered on Wednesday after Mahdia and Campbell Town residents experienced a disruption in their supply.
In a bid to rectify the situation, the Regional Administration said it immediately dispatched a team to the Salbora Water Collection Facility, to carry out a desilting and clearing exercise. Upon inspection, it was found that the distribution network had been vandalised.
Several sections of PPR distribution pipes had been mechanically cut and removed making the system inoperable.
Harsawack noted that approximately 250 meters of the distribution network had been cut, removed or drifted down stream.
“The Administration is outraged at the frequency and this time at the magnitude of destruction.” Emergency works were carried out less than six weeks ago to rectify the similar occurrences of vandalism.
Harsawack noted that this disruption will affect more than 3,000 users within Mahdia and its environs. The police have been notified along with the Government Ministries that are in charge of the area.
According to the official, every time there is a similar act, hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars have to be spent to remedy the situation and restore the supply of potable water.
“The Regional Administration has undertaken to make every effort to have the system restored in the shortest possible time,” the official said.
The Mahdia water distribution system was constructed at Salbora on a natural spring 410 feet above sea level. It stores water within a reservoir where the water is then sand and gravel filtered before moving through eight miles of distribution network.
The system provides a 24-hour supply. It was designed to sustain up to 15,000 users.
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