The V.I. Water and Power Authority has started removing and replacing defective and undersized water lines in Christiansted.
WAPA’s contractor, Rotating Equipment Corp., will be replacing the water lines beginning at the entrance of the Water Distribution Administration Office going east to Route 752 in front of the Richmond Fire Station towards the Department of Property and Procurement intersection on Street E.
At Street E, work will go north and south. The northern section will end at the Charles Harwood Hospital intersection at Northshore Road. The southern section will go south on Street E to West Street along the shoreline and end at the Valmy Thomas Sporting Goods Shop in Watergut.
WAPA officials are anticipating the first segment of the construction of the Christiansted Water Rehabilitation Project will take six weeks. The $614,411 project is being funded by WAPA and the Department of Interior.