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Same tired, old speeches
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Posted on Jun 11 2004
For nearly three decades now, we’ve heard tired speeches about (addressing) water shortages here. We’re far off the mark from resolution because we’re stuck in the mud of address.
The speeches are as empty as the water pipes emplaced in Garapan, San Jose, Susupe, As Lito, As Perdido, San Vicente and Chalan Kanoa Villages.
Then came a new form of government solution: establishment of a water task force to address water problems islandwide. CUC pitched in by planning to retain a consultant to study more water problems we already know. It’s a case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing.
The basic premise is: islands throughout the Pacific have small water lenses or aquifers. Island communities suffer from the lack of water in prolonged drought season. It means far less water in aquifers to meet the growing demands of the community. But we’ve also employed Chamorro Logic by drilling more water wells around the same source only to pump brackish water during the dry season.
The obvious dilemma is the continuing expansion of this community. It needs more water to feed new residential developments, islandwide. The seeming answer is to proceed with desalination of salt water. Otherwise, we may have to revert to building more outside toilets to mitigate the lack of water.
Gentlemen, please spare us the same tired old intramural speeches that are as empty as the pipes in the villages, speeches that have been regurgitated for nearly 30 years.
John S. DelRosario Jr.
Koblerville
