Thousands of people along the Suva to Nausori Corridor to face water disruptions due to the burning out of an automatic transfer switch

Thousands of residents between the Suva and Nausori corridor are facing water disruptions as an automatic transfer switch that runs raw water pumps to the Waila Water Treatment plant has burned out causing all 5 Raw Water Pumps to switch off.

The Water Authority of Fiji says their electrical and mechanical teams have mobilised to the site to replace the burned-out automatic transfer switch and will work around the clock to restore water to the affected areas as soon as possible.

They say this outage will disrupt supply to the entire Suva to Nausori Corridor and once repairs are completed it will take at least a week to fully recover the system.

They say customers will start experiencing low pressure to no water supply later this afternoon.

Water carting teams are being mobilised to cart water to impacted Fijians.

For water carts, please call 5777.

WAF says water carts will be dispatched on availability and according to the list of requests.

WAF says they urge patience over the next few days as they endeavour to ensure their customers have access to water and again remind all Fijians to have 2-days worth of drinking water stored at all times in case of disruptions caused by the current drought conditions and/or unplanned operational faults like these.

Why are we having constant water cuts for the past few days - Nakasi resident

Nakasi resident, Mohammed Farukh says the constant water cuts in the past few days is making life very difficul for them as they have a six months old baby at home to look after.

He says they need clean running water for his grandson and there is no guarantee that the water they have stored will remain clean and will be enough for him and his family of five.

Farukh says they did not have water supply last night and the night before.

He adds they know why they do not have water supply today however, he wants to know why they did not have supply in the past two nights.

The 57-year-old also says they have been without running water since 1pm today and is hoping water carting trucks will arrive soon.

Davuilevu Housing resident, Soni Lata says they have four children and is not sure if the water they have stored will be enough for her family.

She hopes water carting trucks will arrive soon as they will need more water to get ready for work and school tomorrow if supply is not normalised tonight.