Guam officials are urging residents and businesses to conserve water as utility crews begin assessing damage and restoring service following Super Typhoon Bavi.
The Guam Waterworks Authority said crews have begun checking accessible parts of the water and wastewater systems. Multiple areas continue to report low or no water pressure.
GWA is asking customers across the island to strictly conserve water while reservoir levels and system pressure are restored. Residents and businesses are being asked to avoid washing vehicles and pressure washing.
GWA said inspectors are standing by to visit homes and businesses to seek compliance with the conservation measures.
The Guam Power Authority said the island-wide power system did not experience a complete blackout during the storm. However, main transmission lines serving southern Guam went down, leaving the south without power as of 5 p.m. Monday.
About 20% of distribution feeders were online, while most transmission lines serving northern Guam remained intact.
GPA said several generating units continued operating during the storm and that it does not expect a shortage of generation capacity as restoration work continues.
Multiple outages were caused by strong winds and damaged transmission lines. Crews are preparing to begin major assessments and restoration work when winds decrease to safe levels.
Guam remains in Condition of Readiness 1. Residents are still being told to remain indoors and off the roads until COR 4 is announced.
Tropical storm-force conditions are expected to continue overnight before moving away in the early morning hours. Winds of 40 to 60 mph, with gusts up to 90 mph, are expected to continue decreasing through Monday night.
Another 5 to 10 inches of rain is possible, and life-threatening surf and dangerous marine conditions are expected to continue through Thursday.
