WSC Partnership with Miya Saves Customers Millions
The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) in partnership with Miya has significantly reduced water loss and leaks in New Providence and saved customers millions of dollars, according to Miya Bahamas’ project manager Emerciano Lopes.
The partnership stems back as far as 2013 when the Corporation saw a rise in non-revenue water (NRW).
“At the time, NRW was estimated at approximately 6.7 million gallons per day, representing around 56 percent of the total water supplied to New Providence,” Mr. Lopes explained.
“This level of water loss placed considerable strain on the Corporation, as the cost of producing and distributing water remained high while a substantial portion generated no revenue. Operationally, the system’s inefficiencies, particularly leakage and lack of system control, limited WSC’s ability to provide continuous 24-hour service to customers, resulting in intermittent and unreliable supply.
In this context, th…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 13th, 2026
New Providence, The Bahamas: The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) is aware of a video circulating concerning water supply for the residents of North Acklins, particularly Chesters and Lovely Bay.
Please note that the video depicts an old, abandoned cistern in Chesters, North Acklins, which has been decommissioned after it was damaged during a prior storm many years ago.
WSC does not utilize this cistern in any aspect of its operations. Customers in the Chesters settlement are fed from the Lovely Bay Wellfield, which is distributed from a storage tank near the wellfield.
Presently, extensive works are underway in North Acklins to supply the residents of Lovely Bay, Chesters and neighbouring communities with high quality piped potable water via a new reverse osmosis plant at a cost of $930,000.
A WSC team is presently on the ground carrying out works and additional sub-contractors are being mobilized in conjunct…
Eleuthera, Bahamas: The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) wishes to update our valued customers within the Central Eleuthera zone, which includes settlements from Gregory Town in the north to Savannah Sound in the south who have been experiencing water supply challenges for the past several days.
Our team has confirmed that the Naval Base Desalination Plant is now fully functional as of 3PM today and we have engaged all of our distribution pumps to maximize water into supply. Residents will experience an improvement in their water pressure into the evening as the system fully pressurizes.
WSC will continue the barging of water to Central Eleuthera to bolster water storage at the Naval Base Facility while continuing the free tankering of water to health care facilities and locations at higher elevations and those at the extreme ends of our system. Bottled water delivery will also continue for the next few days to senior citizens and those who may have mobility challenges…
