The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. has maintained providing a 24-hour water supply to 100 percent of Saipan residents, which for the first time was achieved by CUC last August.<\/p>\n
CUC executive director Gary P. Camacho, in an interview with Saipan Tribune last Thursday, said they have been providing the 24-hour water supply to 100 percent level for quite some time and that they continue to maintain that.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur efforts are to remain at 100 percent,\u201d said Camacho, pointing out that they are not reducing their efforts. <\/p>\n
He said the primary goal is to get the 24-hour water supply to the consumers and that they completed that.<\/p>\n
\u201cNow the idea is to address the inefficiencies,\u201d the executive director said, adding that they anticipate to continue forward.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that right now even during peak hours, their 13 water tanks are primarily 85 percent full. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have sufficient supply,\u201d he said, citing that they readjusted their programs in water and wastewater by addressing the leaks immediately as opposed from compiling them and addressing them a little time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe approach is the same as power. If there is an issue we come out and try to attack it,\u201d Camacho said.<\/p>\n
He said there is a number of leaks that don\u2019t necessarily get addressed immediately, but that\u2019s only because the crews are addressing other leaks.<\/p>\n
Camacho said they are trying to fix the problem as quickly as possible. <\/p>\n
In his presentation before the U.S. District Court for the NMI last month, CUC water\/wastewater division manager Gary Byra cited a graph showing that, for the month of July 2018, 96 percent of the island\u2019s residents had 24-hour water supply, which then improved to 100 percent in August.<\/p>\n
Byra said the same graph showed that, in 2006, only 26 percent of the population had 24-hour water supply; that grew to 54 percent of the island\u2019s population in 2007.<\/p>\n
District Court designated judge David O. Carter commended the staff and officials of CUC for having 24\/7 water supply for the first time on the island.<\/p>\n
Last February, Carter raised concerns as to why some parts of the island have no 24-hour water supply as he then directed CUC and other parties to put up plans to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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