Solomon Water continues to experience severe water shortages at its Kongulai source affecting many customers in Honiara. This started in July this year and as of this week there have been no significant changes to the situation.
Chief Executive Officer Ian Gooden says, โ๐๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ช ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ช ๐ด๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฎ. ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ 13 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ, ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ 6.9 ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ถ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ดโ.
Kongulai source currently supplies more than 40% of Honiaraโs total production and also plays a critical role in pressurizing about 60% of Honiara city, including critical areas.
Daily monitoring of water levels at the Kongulai water source is continuing and we have also made some alterations to our distribution system to ensure water reaches most customers at some time each day. Our investigations to find and clear the blockage in the underground cave system are continuing, however given the complexity of the issue and the obstructions to the sinkhole further inland, it is taking longer than we expected and we are yet to see any significant improvements in the water levels.
โ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ต ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ตโ Mr. Gooden added.
Due to the water shortage, Solomon Water is currently implementing a water rationing program to ensure affected customers have water intermittently. There has been challenges with this program due to aging water infrastructures, power outages at our water pumping stations and water disruptions from burst water mains. This has resulted in customers having no running water for extended periods and outside of the rationing times. We have updated our rationing program and we will continue to review the program to do our very best to ensure all our customers receive some water each day.
To support Solomon Water, we call on the public to use water wisely and to report water leaks and theft as we continue to work to minimize any losses or wastage.
โ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ด ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ, ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ช. ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ง๐ง ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ช๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆโ, the Solomon Water CEO said.
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