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No-Water Crisis Trickling To An End
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan - The nightmare of residents without water or experiencing low water pressure for two days in the Brunei-Muara and Tutong districts may come to an end soon with the Bukit Barun water treatment plant operating back to normal.

According to the latest information provided by the Water Services Department, power supply to the water treatment plant at Bukit Barun has fully resumed since 4am Sept 7 and at the moment, the supply to the distribution system is gradually stabilizing.

Water supply has resumed to some homes in BruneiMuara and Tutong, but there were still areas facing water disruption or low water pressure yesterday.

The Water Services Department said some areas are still without water as the pipe distribution system still needs time to be refilled with water to stabilize the system to its full capacity.

The Water Department is stretching all its resources to cope with the water disruption where some homes have had to do without water since Thursday.

Eight tankers, each carrying 1,600 gallons of water, are currently dispatched to

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affected areas. However, the eight tankers are too paltry to serve all the residents of Brunei - Muara District and Tutong District. Some tankers which were requested to a designated location, cannot deliver on time due to the massive demand.

During the distress period, the Water Department urged the public to collect water from the available standpipes and blue tanks.

The standpipes are available at Jalan Tasek Lama, Masjid Serdang Jln Kota Batu, Spg Jalan Tanah Jambu Kanan (in front of Kedai Koperasi Persatuan TIBA), Post Office Batu Satu Jln Tutong, entrance to Jln Babu Raja, Berakas booster pump station, Jerudong booster pump station. While in Tutong the standpipes are available at Masjid Sg Liang.

Location of the blue tanks is in Sekolah Rendah Kiarong, Jln 77 Lambak Kanan, Spg 51 Rimba, Pasar Anggerek, Light Industry Beribi and Sg Kebun. In Tutong it is at Syarikat Kerjasarna Tanjung Maya and Masjid Kg Layong.

To help ease the situation, the Water Services Department also provides two jerry cans, 3 gallons each or one jerry can of 5 gallons for the public. Some 450 jerry can bottles filled with water are available and can be collected at the Department of Water services headquarter at Tasek Lama.

According to one of the many people affected by the water disruption, SR Selvam who lives in Kg Kiarong, said "I felt that the Water Services Department had handled the situation very well."

The doctor from RIPAS Hospital also explained that "this is a major problem and it's not easy to cater and support all the affected areas."

Dr Selvam was some of the first few who took home two jerry cans and returned the plastic bottles after water supply resumed at his home yesterday evening.

Meanwhile, anyone who needs to the service of a water tanker, can call Hotline 140/2223015/2222428/9/ 2236870/ 69.

The Department of Water Services appreciates the public's cooperation and patience and regrets the inconvenient caused. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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