The Editor, Sir:

Please give me a small space in your column to call the person or persons responsible for repairs of waterlines that are broken in the Duckenfield area of Eastern St. Thomas.

There has been a broken line on the other side of the road of the main gate at the housing scheme called 'Ivan Scheme' since the latter part of 2006.

The water is flowing like a small spring and even the councillor for the division has made several reports on the matter. I am told by a reliable source "the pipe is made of metal", and the authority cannot find the tool to cut the pipe.

I am using this medium to explain how disgraceful and neglectful the situation really is. I am also astonished to see the millions of gallons of treated water going to waste daily in St. Thomas whether it is on the east, west, north or south.

I am wondering if the NWC knows the cost of one gallon of treated-water when it is propelled over a distant of one hundred feet. I want the authority to answer this question: "Is water really life?" If water is life, and it is treated the way NWC treats it, I am forced to put the people in authority on par with the people going around destroying people's lives with weapons.

This is a special warning to the people at NWC "The reward of woeful waste, is woeful want". I hope this is a wake-up call for the people who work at the NWC Stop using 'scandal bags' to try to fix broken waterlines; you are like the 'three-card' men, going around cheating people of their hard-earned-cash. Let us respect the 'labour code', a fair day's work for a fair day's pay. Thank you.

I am, etc.,

J.A. Bailey

Dalvey P.O.

St. Thomas