San Pedranos again deprived of water

Residents of San Pedro, Ambergris Caye are without water for the second time in two months. On Monday morning a pump belonging to Belize Water Limited, the island company which supplies desalinated water to Belize Water Services Limited, broke down. With a second pump already out of service, this meant that there was no way for the company to get its water to the town’s mains for distribution by BWSL. Residents were told to expect normal pressure to return by 6:00 this evening, but by newstime, we could not confirm that service has been restored. On August sixth, San Pedranos lost their water supply for several days when Belize Water found that its reservoir had been contaminated by a substance resembling crude oil. They concluded that the contamination was the result of sabotage and have reported the matter to police and offered a thousand U.S. dollars reward for information that results in the conviction of those responsible.