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QEH boosts water reserves with new tank

QEH boosts water reserves with new tank

August 21, 2025
5:45 pm

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) is boosting its water resources with the addition of a 50,000 imperial gallon water tank. The water storage tank is already in use and is being used to strengthen the hospital’s water independence.

Speaking virtually at a press conference this morning at the QEH, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office with the responsibility for water resources, Shantal Munro-Knight outlined how the initiative improves the hospital’s self-sufficiency.

Munro-Knight hailed the tank as an investment in infrastructure resilience.

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