Last Updated on September 2, 2019, 2:37 AM AST by Anthony Morris
Residents of Cayon and Keys have again been venting their frustrations over the lack of adequate water for domestic use over the past several weeks even after the recent heavy rains.
“For the past two weeks having access to water (a basic human need) has become a privilege. My luxury of having access to running water at my apartment has been limited to 7-10 hours every 2-3 days, at best,” said a resident in a FaceBook posting.
“The thing that annoys me the most about this, is that we (the consumers) are not being properly informed as it relates to the status of the ‘issue’ that the Water Department claimed that they are experiencing. The entire Cayon community was affected by the water issue when a notice came out stating that there was an issue with water entering the reservoir,” the person noted, adding: “If that is the case:
1.Why Lower Cayon would have running water and not Upper Cayon during certain periods? 2. Why are we without water for more than 24 hours at a time? 3. What really is the issue at hand? Can it be fixed or not? And if it could be, what’s the timeframe to get it done?”
The person is of the view that those questions need to be answered by a representative of the Water Department.
“But guess what!? We’re not being informed about the progress, if any with the water issue. How is this fair to the residents of Cayon!? This is ridiculous on many levels! Is anyone taking into consideration that an entire community is exposed to health related problems because of this issue? I could only imagine the stress levels of the residents of Cayon because of this issue,” she said.
In the Keys area and most likely in Cayon and close by villages, water is turned off at nights and is back on by six a.m. and seven a.m..
“Water return in the morning after 6 and by 12 midday water is off again. They don’t even turn it back on during the evening for at least two hours .This is some real BS. People have babies, young children and even people who coming home late from work want to take a decent shower. This is totally not an understanding. This is total BS. I wish other people would talk and say how they really feel about this. What they need to do is to give us a whole day of water every other day and the other days if u want to give half a day then do that, but not everyday so. This is not fair to the people of Cayon,” one person wrote.
“Buckie, I think Cayon water should be for Cayon alone, Cayon is expanding. Why do we have to share our water with Monkey Hill and Town.”
“The water department needs to come better than this, communication is one of their biggest issues not just the fixing of the water problem.”
Another reminded Buckie: “I was the first to message you about Cayon and the water problem. This was into the second, going on the third week of no water and is only then they start to say sorry and speak out bout what problem they have and what they doing. Ok fine there is a problem. You working on it, we understand that too, but have some manners. I was on vacation. I went back to work on Monday last. I don’t know how it running during the day when I am at work, but during my entire six weeks vacation, no water was on during the day whatsoever. Only an hour, maybe two at nights. This is Upper Cayon I talking about. Presently I have water. It came back around 11 and I do not know how long it is going last, but I had to wash yesterday (Friday) because school is on Monday and what I had stored is what I had to use because no water was on during the day (Friday).
“Turning on water in the middle of the night when most people asleep is willful and malicious. Who suppose to get up during the night when dew a fall outside to go fill up buckets of water then have to be up by 5 a.m. to prepare for work. What happens in the afternoon time when people return home from work?
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