by BGIS | Jun 13, 2018 | Top Stories
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) will be conducting inspections of residences and businesses along the south coast this Friday, June 15, to determine whether properties have the correct sewer connections and appropriately-sized grease traps. Disclosing that...
by Joy Springer | May 30, 2018 | banner, Top Stories
Prime Minister Mia Mottley today deemed the continuing sewage problems on the south coast a national crisis and has ordered that a Cabinet Paper be prepared in time for tomorrow’s meeting of Cabinet outlining options to resolve the issue. After a tour of the area,...
by Nya Phillips | May 4, 2018 | Top Stories
Head of the Barbados Water Authority’s (BWA) Waste Water Division (WWD), Patricia Inniss, has given the assurance that crews are working assiduously to reduce the impact of sewage overflows affecting residents and businesses on the south coast. She was speaking at a...
by Joy Springer | May 3, 2018 | banner, Top Stories
Sargassum seaweed along the south coast of the island today. (C.Pitt/BGIS) The Environmental Health Department of the Ministry of Health has identified Sargassum seaweed as the cause of discoloured water along the south coast. A video circulating on social media today...
by Nya Phillips | Mar 16, 2018 | Top Stories
The Barbados Water Authority (BWA) is still awaiting the results of dye tracing testing conducted on the first injection well. Director of Engineering at the BWA, Charles Leslie, has explained that the samples left the island on Wednesday, March 7 for an overseas...