Water and Sewerage suppliers

EDITOR, The Tribune.

There have been a number of reports in the newspapers about the deteriorating relationship between the Water & Sewerage Corporation and its water suppliers. Headlining in the past week has been the threat from Aqua Design Bahamas to stop production and take their equipment away due to unpaid bills that have run into millions and unsigned contracts for water supply in South Eleuthera, about 5,000 people. Moreover, the union at Water & Sewerage have said there is no one trained, amongst their ranks, who can run these plants.

My question to the management of Water & Sewerage is, who gave you permission to play “chicken” with taxpayers water supply? How could you let a relationship with such an important entity get so bad that they must threaten to pull out their equipment and leave people stranded without water? What kind of business model are you following when you can sign a contract for payment for a job, run up a huge bill and then renege? Is it because you are a government entity? Why has Aqua Design Bahamas not been paid for services rendered? Have they not fulfilled their obligations?

Sirs, you represent Bahamian taxpayers in this relationship and are being paid by them. This is not the way we want you to conduct business for such a critical service. Know that your responsibility to not just to people for water but for the wider business community, who are watching. If we mess up this relationship who will want to do business with us? I know who, the kind of folks who will see we don’t honour contracts therefore we will have to pay much more for their trouble.

Please tell us what is Water & Sewerage doing to remedy this situation?

JOANNE SMITH

Nassau,

May 2, 2021

Comments

sheeprunner12 says...

Stay tuned, Joanne ............... Shit will soon hit the fan for these greed, crooked Americans and their 242 cronies

Posted 5 May 2021, 6:13 p.m. Suggest removal

Dawes says...

The letter writer is correct, as long as we have all paid our bills to WSC. If we haven't that might explain why they are unable to pay their bill.

Posted 6 May 2021, 9:42 a.m. Suggest removal

OMG says...

Surely a condition of allowing a foreign company to operate would be the guarantee to train suitable Bahamian employees to opetate, maintain and repair this equipment,

Posted 7 May 2021, 9:55 a.m. Suggest removal

JokeyJack says...

The Chinese will end up buying it and rice will come out the spigot with ya water. Just jook ya pot under dere then tro on da stove, one time. Muddo !!!

Posted 7 May 2021, 3:45 p.m. Suggest removal

JohnQ says...

"Suitable Bahamian employees". Really.

Posted 8 May 2021, 8:33 p.m. Suggest removal

Hobo2500 says...

Maybe if they were power by solar we might be able to afford the water they make. RO water is expensive especially when 50% leaks out the pipes.

Posted 9 May 2021, 8:04 a.m. Suggest removal

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