Prime Minister Mia Mottley has announced that basic water rate relief for affected St Lucy residents will continue until a new filtration system is installed, after production and supply chain delays pushed back the project.

The relief had been due to end in September, but Mottley said Government would continue to honour its commitment while work at the Barbados Water Authority’s (BWA) Alleynedale facility is completed.

“We made a commitment that we were going to resolve this issue,” Mottley said during a site update on Tuesday. “It is not yet where we want it, but it is significantly better than it was. Because of the difficulties in that company’s production capacity, plus the supply chain disruptions, it has pushed us back to receiving those containers in September or October.”