We need water now! - Residents say they have to limit how often they bathe and cook

As their water woes continue on Airy Castle Road in Stony Hill and surrounding areas, the residents say they now have to limit the number of times they bathe and cook.

The communities have been without water since a bridge collapsed in the area on February 17. The pipelines were damaged as a result.

Stony Hill resident Dave Anderson told THE STAR that he has not cooked in days.

"A days now me nuh eat a good meal. No cooking can't gwaan because no water. Mi haffi drive go pon the flats and come back up here. The road is another thing, but we want the water now," he said.

Our news team understands that a team from the National Water Commission (NWC) has been in the community trying to repair the damaged pipeline.

pipeline burst open

However, that has not yielded the type of results the NWC had hoped for, as THE STAR was told that the pipeline burst open soon after the attempts to repair it.

"After me walk through the river bed come over the other side, mi hear: 'Powww'. You want see how much water waste. Good good water weh we need. NWC man dem a work hard, but the problem nuh solve. Me can't tell when last mi bathe. The kids dem haffi bathe too. A bere wipe up," another resident said.

THE STAR gathered that some residents are planning to protest if the issues persist.

"This is crazy. We are humans, and we going to protest. What else are we to do? We can't sit quiet. We have work, the children have school. People can't walk inna river bed, and we don't know when water a go buss and wash weh people," one female resident said.

But even as some residents beg for water, councillor for the Stony Hill Division, Tasha Schwapp, told our news team that some areas have already received water.

"They started to restore water since Saturday into yesterday (Sunday). They are doing it on rotation because the pressure is not enough to fill the catchment. Three communities in my division got water. The other communities will receive in rotation, but most persons have water, some temporary. We are asking the residents to store water," she said.