by Tarnia Green
Government Information Service
Hon. Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, has told the international community that Dominica is prepared to provide water to countries around the world in need of such a valuable resource.
Hon. Prime Minister, Roosevelt Skerrit, in an interview with South-South News’ Allan Capper in New York last week, said Dominica has an abundance of water and has the capacity to export millions of water on a daily basis.
 Hon. Prime Minister,
Roosevelt Skerrit
“We have the capacity to export millions of gallons of water on a daily basis. We are self-sufficient in water. There are no desalination plants in Dominica. It is purely surface water. We have millions and millions of gallons of underground water that we have not touched at all. It is there and we have the capacity to export. There are, in fact, facilities at every one of our ports in Dominica to be able to supply the ships. We supply the cruise ships with fresh water that come into the region at present and as well as the cargo vessels which pass through our parts. But in terms of selling our water to the US or the Middle East or to China, we have the capacity to do that. I believe the international community, as we have started to give attention to it, more or less looking at where are the sources of water, where are the challenges, we can see how we can work together.”
The Prime Minister is of the opinion that Dominica has a moral obligation to the rest of the world. He says it’s not largely an economic interest but rather an opportunity to share such a resource which is in abundance in Dominica with other countries in need. |
