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by Ronald Toito’ona The resignation of Solomon Water CEO Carmine Piantedosi and board member Alan McNeil has exposed deep divisions within Solomon Islands’ main water utility and raised new questions about the stalled Kongulai Water Treatment Plant — one of the country’s most critical infrastructure projects. Two weeks after the…
by Georgina Maka’a Solomon Water has revealed it is losing an estimated SBD$185 million in potential revenue each year, due to its aging and leaking infrastructure across Honiara. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Carmine Piantedosi disclosed the staggering figure during his presentation at the 16th Pacific Water Summit in Honiara this…
A major donor-funded water plant in the capital of Solomon Islands was supposed to fix a clean water crisis. But people involved in the project said it was doomed by the Asian Development Bank’s insistence on taking the lowest bid. KEY POINTS: by Charley Piringi (In-depth Solomons), Ofani Eremae (In-depth…
