THE Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Water Board, on Thursday, allayed the fears of the residents of the territory on the values of water being supplied for their consumption, just as it declared that there was no acidic water in the area.
The board, who therefore, promised to ensure adequate supply of potable water within the territory in the next 18 months, announced that the consumers owned the agency about N1.8 billion, a situation which has posed serious challenges to the corporation.
This was made known in Abuja by both the Acting Director of the board, Engineer A Nahuche and Head of Department (HOD), Quality Control, Mrs Lola Okobi, during a ministerial briefing, as part of the activities marking two years of the current administration.
In her own remarks, Mrs Okobi, explained that the water convened was in a loop and intrusion could not come in unless if there was a breakage, affirming that the water would be safe to the point of the consumers.
She said her department always monitored the values of water that actually pumps in from stage to stage of the trivia process than to the consumer taps to ascertain the hygienic level of the water, tap and the area, saying whenever it was noticed that any tap was broken, the point would be coupled back immediately.
On his own, the acting Director, Engineer Nahuche, announced that government agencies and other consumers owed the board about N1.8 billion, adding that efforts to recover the debt has begun with the inauguration of Task Force by the Permanent Secretary last week.
He said the board has been appealing to the debtors to come to the aid of the agency by paying their debts to enable the board served them better.
On the distribution of water, Engineer Nahuche stated that the process of distributing water was ongoing and any maintenance that was being carried during the process would continue, pointing out that there was availability of water but the board only lacked infrastructures.
The director emphasised that tanks and pipelines were already in many communities within the territory, but the distribution network was a real cause of not having water being supplied to them, and with the implementation of the recent contract, the communities would soon be enjoying uninterrupted water supply in the next 18 months.
“All the distribution networks will be installed and the coverage will be almost double of what we are having at the moment,” he assured.