UPDATE: Water Authority – Cayman issued a statement just after 9pm on Sunday 14 Dec. stating: “The boil water notice for Cayman Brac has been lifted following the results of comprehensive analyses, which confirm that there are no bacteriological issues with the water.”
A boil water notice has been issued for Cayman Brac by Water Authority – Cayman, applying to all trucked water deliveries on 13 Dec. and all piped water customers. The Water Authority said there was a failure at the water production plant on Saturday morning, with salinity compromising water quality.
Residents have been advised to boil water for 10 minutes and let it cool before consumption, including for cooking, making ice and brushing teeth.
The Water Authority said it is working to rectify this issue, and residents may experience low pressure as water pipelines are flushed.
“The issue at our reverse osmosis plant resulted in the water produced having a high salinity or salt level that does not meet our standards,” Water Authority Director Gelia Frederick-van Genderen said in a statement on Saturday night. “Tests conducted for now, indicate that the water if consumed, is not harmful to your health, although you may have found the taste to be off.”
In a Sunday morning update, Frederick-van Genderen said, “Our team has been working through the night, systematically flushing the main northeast pipeline and conducting tests on salinity and other parameters. Simultaneously another crew has been performing work and tests at the Water Authority plant to bring salinity levels back in line with the Water Authority’s standards. Thus far the salinity levels at the production plant have returned to normal.”
Salinity levels along the northeast pipeline are normalizing, she said.
“Our team has now progressed to flushing the pipeline along the south side, from there they will move on to the northwest pipeline and then the side roads,” she said. “As our crews are on the roads flushing the pipelines, we ask that the motoring public drive with caution, to ensure their safety and that of our crew.”
Water Authority communications supervisor Edlyn Ruiz Stoll told the Compass, “it is not clear at this time what caused the issue at the reverse osmosis plant.”
She said the problem with the salinity level occurred on Saturday morning and work immediately began to notify the public and rectify the issue.
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