Part of the Commonwealth Utilities Corp.\u2019s rebuilding efforts is to go back to the goal of providing 24-hour water supply throughout Saipan\u2014a project that was strongly in progress until Super Typhoon Yutu hit the island and neighboring Tinian in late October.<\/p>\n
CUC executive director Gary Camacho said that 24-hour water has been a big a challenge for CUC for many years. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe were able to achieve it for the first time in September but the storm has impacted that. So, the plan is to get us back to 24-hour water throughout the island soon enough as that is the focus and I think we will be able to achieve that without a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWater mitigation is a priority, along with geothermal, as we will be looking into that again. We are proceeding with understanding our geothermal prospect even more,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Camacho reiterated that water mitigation is extremely high on CUC\u2019s priority list. \u201cIn fact, it\u2019s on the top of the list… What this does is that the water supply will be available in multiple places and locations that will be self-generating and not dependent on the overhead system. With this, water should be distributed accordingly for many areas that still doesn\u2019t have power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur water restoration program to distribute water across the island is in conjunction with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Army Corps of Engineers to place generators. \u2026We do have a grant and a request for proposal is underway as we work diligently in getting the necessary information like waiting for final engineering designs to be complete because we want to make sure that we get this thing moving,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Expansion is also taking place. \u201cAs for power, we are going to be expanding with more guy wires, storm guys, and a variety of different things to secure the poles and system for future storms. Concrete poles are in place, but now we need to anchor them down accordingly,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were closing down on the Soudelor mitigation of concrete poles, but then Yutu hit\u2026a lot of this will be dealt with and our system is much stronger as we move forward,\u201d said Camacho.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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