NASSAU, Bahamas — The Water & Sewerage Corporation yesterday warned it will launch a mass disconnection exercise next week in a bid to collect “nearly half” the $45m owed by deadbeat customers.
Adrian Gibson, pictured, the Corporation’s chairman, told Tribune Business that water meter readers “are in the field as we speak” to determine exactly how much delinquent payers owe ahead of the threatened supply shut-offs across New Providence and the Family Islands.
He added that the Corporation had also enhanced its accounts receivables and legal services departments to go after defaulters, with demand letters, disconnection warnings and other notifications being issued through all communications mediums.
Mr Gibson said “no one has an excuse not to know” of the impending disconnections, adding that he planned to aggressively pursue non-payers who were ultimately inflating the annual $20-$30m taxpayer subsidy that covers the Corporation’s operating losses and capital works costs. http://www.tribune242.com/news/2018/sep/27/water-corp-targets-half-45m-owed-mass-disconnect/
