Fuvahmulah City Council reports that the city’s water service disruption, caused by contamination, remains unresolved at the expiration of the deadline provided by the government.
Water supply in Fuvahmulah was cut off on Monday. On Tuesday, the government’s chief spokesperson, Heena Waleed, stated that the problem would be resolved within six hours.
However, speaking to Sun on Wednesday, Fuvahmulah’s southeast constituency councilor, Ibrahim Mohamed, confirmed that water supply had still not been restored. Citing Fenaka Corporation—the service provider—Ibrahim said that water supply would not resume today. He added that the company was unable to provide a timeline for restoration, even though the island’s water network underwent disinfection the previous day.
Ibrahim Mohamed added that Fenaka is scheduled to meet with the Council at 10:45am this morning.
The disruption of water services at Fuvahmuhlah, a city with a population of some 11,000 people, was prompted by a major leak in the main distribution line on Monday.
Fenaka first announced the temporary suspension of water service in Fuvahmulah City from 13:00pm on 18:00pm on Monday, citing it was required to fix a major leak in the main distribution line. In a later update, Fenaka stated that chlorine is being added to the water network for cleaning purposes, and advised residents not to use the water during this period as it is not safe for consumption.
Fenaka also reminded customers to turn off water purifiers during the outage and apologized for the inconvenience.
Fuvahmulah City Council released a statement following this, stating it has brought the issue to the attention of the relevant government authorities as efforts to resolve the issue continue. 
Amidst mounting concerns over delays in restoring water supply, Heena, in a update on Tuesday, said following the detection of contamination, efforts are underway to disinfect the water and clean and flush the tanks in line with guidelines from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the Maldives Food and Drug Authority (MFDA).
She assured that water safety would be guaranteed and services restored within roughly six hours.