And while Belize City had to deal with discoloration, in Hattieville this weekend it was far worse. About 3,500 residents had to go more than 24 hours without water supply - and a potion of that without electricity as well. The problem was the result of a massive lightning strike. The CEO told us what happened and what it caused:
Alvan Haynes, C.E.O., B.W.S.
"With this situation in Hattieville, there was a thunderstorm and it cause damage to BEL's system. What we did not realize immediately was that it also blew the BEL transformer that directly supplies the pump station which is at Rockville, Gracie Rock and damage our electrical panels and our generator. So when power was restored to Hattieville around 4pm Saturday afternoon, our system did not come back on. It wasn't until later in the afternoon at 4pm, that we manage to get some pumping going. We also realize that we had 2 wells there, one of the pumps in one of the wells were also damage, so basically we were going with only one trying to restore water and that took an extensive period, because the system was fully drained, so some (we apologized) customers in Hattieville were out for like 32 hours without water."
BWS is working on a project to link HATTIEVILLE'S water supply to Belize City.
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