Charlestown, Nevis
November 13, 2007
Junior Minister in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA) with responsibility for Public Utilities Hon. Carlisle Powell, flipped the lever on November 13, 2007, to commence ground water drilling operations on Nevis at upper Hamilton Estate. He expressed his delight with the start of the project which formed part of the government’s continued development thrust on the island.
“As the person ultimately responsible for water on Nevis, I am absolutely delighted that the project has begun, to provide Nevis with up to one million gallons of water per day. This company is very experienced in this type of work having done exactly the same thing in Tobago, Trinidad and throughout the Eastern Caribbean. So I am just so delighted to be here today to see the process started.
I am hoping that I will be able to come back here in the not too distant future to say to the people of Nevis that yes we have found water and that would be the end of Phase I “¦ So we are happy to be a part of this process where we continue the development of Nevis by looking for water. I am absolutely delighted and optimistic that we will be able to find some water and we will be able to put this water in the system in the not too distant future,” he said.
The Minister explained that at the end of the first phase, there would be additional work of sight preparation, a pump station, pipe installation to get the water to the reservoir before it becomes usable to the people of Nevis.