The Hol­lis Reser­voir has reached full ca­pac­i­ty fol­low­ing re­cent rain­fall ac­tiv­i­ty, which has ful­ly recharged the im­pound­ed reser­voir, the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty has re­port­ed in an ad­vi­so­ry.

WASA says now that the Reser­voir is at full ca­pac­i­ty, it can pro­ceed to “en­hance the wa­ter sup­ply for sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ties in our dis­tri­b­u­tion net­work.”

“This achieve­ment comes as a re­sult of dili­gent man­age­ment and re­cent rain­fall, mov­ing pro­duc­tion from 5.5 mil­lion gal­lons per day one week ago, to a sta­ble 9.5 mil­lion gal­lons per day, over the last five days,” WASA re­vealed in the state­ment.

“This in­crease in pro­duc­tion con­tin­ues to en­sure that our res­i­dents have ac­cess to the re­li­able wa­ter they need … This en­hance­ment will not on­ly sup­port dai­ly needs but al­so bol­ster our ef­forts dur­ing peak us­age times,” WASA said.

It added: “We are com­mit­ted to im­prov­ing our ser­vice de­liv­ery, and this de­vel­op­ment al­lows us to op­er­ate our treat­ment plant at full ca­pac­i­ty, en­sur­ing that res­i­dents with­in this dis­tri­b­u­tion zone ben­e­fit from an en­hanced and con­sis­tent wa­ter sup­ply.”

This image released by the Water and Sewerage Authority and dated 19 December 2024, shows the Hollis Reservoir at full capacity. [Image courtesy WASA]

WASA

The fol­low­ing are among sev­er­al com­mu­ni­ties re­port­ed­ly are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing an im­proved pipe borne wa­ter sup­ply:

• Town of Ari­ma (South) - Ques­nel St., Mau­rice Ave., De­venish St., Far­fan St., Pro Queen St., Reid Lane, Ari­ma E.M.R., Vic­to­ry St., Rail­way Rd.

• Ari­ma Old Road

• Beck­les Lane, Saro­ga Dr., Churchill Cir., Tedd St, Mar­tinez Rd, Recre­ation Ground Rd.

• Sama­roo Vil­lage • Mootoo Lands

• O'Meara Road • Christi­na Gar­dens

• Dar­will Gar­den • Leoteaud Lands

• The Or­chard • El Ran­cho Trop­i­cal

• Sier­ra Vista • Mal­abar Phase 2

• Bon Air Gar­dens • Bon Air West

• Wa­ter­loo Road • Parts of the E.M.R.

• Lopinot Road • Dun­der­hill Road

The Au­thor­i­ty al­so thanked the pub­lic for its pa­tience dur­ing the many oc­ca­sions dis­rup­tions in wa­ter sup­plies were ex­pe­ri­enced.

“We would like to take this op­por­tu­ni­ty to thank our stake­hold­ers for their pa­tience and un­der­stand­ing dur­ing the sched­ul­ing ad­just­ments made dur­ing the 2024 dry sea­son and be­yond as reser­voir lev­els were slow to recharge due to be­low than av­er­age rain­fall. The ad­just­ments made dur­ing that pe­ri­od were nec­es­sary to man­age wa­ter re­sources ef­fec­tive­ly,” WASA said. “Your co­op­er­a­tion has been in­valu­able in help­ing us nav­i­gate those chal­lenges and main­tain the qual­i­ty of ser­vice you ex­pect from us.”

And the wa­ter au­thor­i­ty is re­mind­ing cit­i­zens that the 2025 Dry Sea­son will soon be here.

“As we move for­ward, we en­cour­age every­one to con­tin­ue prac­tic­ing wa­ter con­ser­va­tion when­ev­er pos­si­ble,” WASA said. “To­geth­er, we can en­sure a sus­tain­able wa­ter sup­ply as we pre­pare for the 2025 dry sea­son.”