Homes on Aunu’u island will be receiving free water tanks from the American Samoa Power Authority, to collect rainwater for their use.
ASPA CEO Wallon Young explained at a hearing, in the last Fono session, that sea level rise has affected the water supply in Aunu’u. He said, that the equipment set up there to filter and process the water can’t make the water drinkable.
Young gave the House representatives a run down on the effects of climate change such as sea level rise and stronger cyclones. He briefed the lawmakers that the cause of climate change is carbon emissions, of which ASPA’s diesel power plants emit 129,000 tons of CO2 a year.
The ASPA CEO described how sea level rise has affected the drinking water on Aunu’u island.
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Young said, ASPA is trying to develop renewable energy sources such as from wind and sun.
This month, a community outreach effort for a wind power project with a consortium of two top Japanese companies Nippon and Renova, is to get underway.
ASPA has signed a power purchase agreement with the consortium doing business here as Tutuila Wind Energy.
