WSC Continues to Improve Water Quality in New Providence

NASSAU, Bahamas – The Water and Sewerage Corporation (WSC) recently began a 3-month pilot programme to improve the overall water quality in New Providence, beginning in areas that encompass   approximately 70% of the island’s water demand.

The pilot programme has introduced SeaQuest, a certified drinking water corrosion control sequesterant, which is used by water industry professionals in the USA, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Guyana, Virgin Islands, and Trinidad.  The pilot is testing the effectiveness of the product SeaQuest to address water quality challenges generally associated with aging infrastructure and aggressive water such as desalinated sources.

“WSC has been taking several steps over the years to address water quality challenges caused by ‘old’ water mains and exacerbated by the increased use of desalinated water,” said Glen Laville, WSC General Manager.  “WSC continues to look at several post-treatment options like Seaquest to help improve our water quality to customers. Together with our successful water loss reduction program, we want to better serve our present customers, and entice those that have alternate means of water supply to come back or join us for the first time.”

This new water treatment programme has several potential benefits including lower chlorine dosages required for disinfection, reducing the amount of water used for flushing mains and minimizing the use of filters, the removal of scale and build up in the water distribution system and minimizing the need for costly pipe replacement.

Introduced to Improve Water Quality in New Providence – This new water treatment programme has several potential benefits including lower chlorine dosages required for disinfection, reducing the amount of water used for flushing mains and minimizing the use of filters, the removal of scale and build up in the water distribution system and minimizing the need for costly pipe replacement.

“The Corporation is already seeing some benefits such as a decrease in the amount of chlorine required for disinfection and will continue to monitor its effectiveness over the pilot period,” said Michael Swann, Senior Quality Manager, WSC Water Quality Unit. “This is just one more step in the Corporation’s mission to become more efficient and other initiatives are underway and planned for 2015.”