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October 9, 2019 

SCHEDULED WATER SERVICE INTERRUPTION ON SATURDAY TO AFFECT CUSTOMERS FROM NADIR TO THOMASVILLE INCLUDING RESIDENTS OF BOVONI HOUSING COMMUNITY

A potable water service interruption is scheduled for Saturday, October 12, 2019. The outage, from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m., will affect areas from Nadir to Thomasville including the Bovoni housing community, and the campus of the Bertha Boschulte Middle School.

 The outage is necessary to allow Island Roads Corporation to tie in a twelve-inch water main near the Turpentine Run Bridge to an existing six-inch water main which feeds the area around Nadir Circle.

 The Turpentine Run Bridge project is ongoing by the Department of Public Works, and involves the relocation of existing water and power utilities. 

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The Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority is an autonomous agency of the Virgin Islands Government which produces and distributes electricity and drinking water to residential and commercial customers in the territory. WAPA was created by the Fifth Legislature of the Virgin Islands in 1964 through Act No. 1248. Today, WAPA generates electrical power at production plants on St. Thomas and St. Croix, and distributes electrical service through smart grids to customers on St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. John, Hassel Island, and Water Island. Potable water is distributed to almost 13,000 customers through water lines and standpipes. WAPA also has the responsibility of installing and maintaining street lights.