The CFO is not nor has not been withholding the necessary funds that would see the problem with the water service in Grand Turk, fixed.
Essentially, one of the pumps failed before Christmas which reduced the water production capacity on Grand Turk significantly. It took some time to seek quotes according to Government procedure, as many of the companies in the States were on holiday. Eventually when quotes were received, there was no delay by the CFO in giving authorization for the expenditure.
In fact he had already pre-approved expenditure for any essential parts for the Water Undertaking on 15 December, more than a week prior to the failure of the pump. He affirmed this on 3 January (even though he was still away on leave).
Normal delivery time of such a technically complicated part is usually at least 3 weeks, however working with our suppliers, we were able to source the part with scheduled delivery early next week.
It is planned to have the plant operational by the end of this week.
