Over 1000 households now have water supply

More than one thousand households who never had normal water supply are now able to access water in their own homes.

According to Water Authority of Fiji, 1065 households applied to get water treated to their homes as of October 31st this year.

Most of the connections were made in the Central division which had 731 households connecting to the water system followed by 252 in the Western division and 82 in the Northern division.

Government had allocated $86 million to the Water Authority of Fiji to improve the supply of consistent and safe piped water supplies to all areas.

The 2013 national budget will be announced next Thursday at 3pm.

Story by: Praneeta Prakash