The Water Authority of Fiji has announced that restoration efforts for water supply are in progress following the successful completion of planned works at Waila for connecting the Viria Water Supply to the Waila Water Treatment Plant system.
WAF Chief Operating Officer Seru Soderberg stated that as of yesterday, teams were actively flushing and bleeding the system and had charged the pipeline linking the Waila Water Treatment Plant to the Wainibuku Reservoir.
Soderberg noted that water flow to the Wainibuku Reservoir normalized around 3 pm yesterday, and the focus is now on refilling the reservoirs to their operational levels. He added that restoration efforts to return supply to normal would start from midnight and aim for 90 percent restoration to the affected areas.
He expressed gratitude to the public for their patience and for following advice to store water over the weekend.
Additionally, Minister for Public Works, Ro Filipe Tuisawau, visited the work site and acknowledged the efforts of the teams involved. He emphasized that these essential works took approximately 20 hours and are aimed at enhancing resilience, redundancy, and reliability within the Suva-Nausori Water Distribution Network. Water carting trucks are on standby to provide assistance as needed.