By Gerardo R. Partido
Variety News Staff

THE Guam Waterworks Authority is reminding the public that this weekend’s Fena reservoir maintenance project conducted by the Navy will begin today and run through Sunday.
According to the Navy, this shutdown may decrease the amount of water supplied to GWA and will affect the villages of Agat, Piti, and Santa Rita.
Navy housing residents living in North Tipalao and Lockwood may also be affected by the plant being offline.
The Navy and its contractors have been working hard to minimize impacts and the number of required outages caused by the plant shutdown. Previous shutdowns resulted in minimal effect to residents because of these efforts.
But according to GWA, customers in the Nimitz Hill, Nimitz Estates and Turner Road areas will be completely without water starting from 7 a.m. Saturday, May 12, up to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 14.
GWA public information officer Heidi Ballendorf said GWA’s system cannot properly service the Nimitz area, which is why those areas will be completely out of water during this time.
In addition, Ballendorf said another water outage is scheduled for Saturday, May 12, from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the area of Yigo from Rte 1 into Gayinero Dr. to Route 15 and all areas between, including the Marianas Terrace & Takano Subdivision.
GWA will replace a well production meter and well restoration valve for the Yigo 3 well, which is near the old mayor’s office in Yigo.