The Commonwealth Utilities Corp. Saipan\u2019s non-revenue water\u2014unaccounted and wasted water\u2014went down to 62 percent from a high 77 percent shortly after Super Typhoon Yutu in October last year.<\/p>\n
CUC deputy executive director William Gilmore said last week that U.S. District Court for the NMI designated Judge David Carter is very happy with the improvement of the non-revenue water situation.<\/p>\n
Before Yutu\u2019s devastation last Oct. 24 and 25, CUC\u2019s non-revenue water was at 50 percent, then it jumped to 77 percent during the storm because a lot of leaks occurred and several wells went offline.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s at 62 percent now,\u201d said Gilmore.<\/p>\n
At a recent CUC board meeting, board treasurer Matthew Holley identified non-revenue water loss as one of the items that CUC needs to improve on, as well as past and current billings with certain government entities, a five-year plan, and to better train and promote the staff.<\/p>\n
With respect to water services, Gilmore said they have been able to maintain the 100 percent water supply islandwide.<\/p>\n
He said there are issues of leaks but that\u2019s normal until they have replaced all the pipe lines.<\/p>\n
He said they put together their priority list for the next round of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency\u2019s funding.<\/p>\n
Gilmore said their wastewater treatment facilities are functioning, however, the clarifier down in Agingan is still offline. This should be operational again soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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