 Given the significance of fresh water to the health of coastal and ocean ecosystems, the Department of Fisheries has collaborated with the Sufre Marine Management Association to launch a campaign to raise water quality awareness in the communities of Viewfort and Sufre. Water Resource Officer at the Water Resource Management Agency, Moving English, says the findings at the resource indicate that the water quality is suitable for aquatic life. Generally, I want to call it quality. It's something that needs improving. We need to continue to adhere to the environmental and safety measures, for example, avoid the littering, avoid the illegal dumping of waste. Farmers themselves have better farming practices. The pigry is where the locations and stuff like that. How could they go about conserving in terms of how they go about designing the pens and to abstract all the waste from the pigry and stuff like that. These are something that we need to continue to have dialogue with the ministry and the veterinary department and the major agriculture in general to see how best we could help conserve and to protect our water for the future generations of St. Lucia. Chairman of the Sufre Marine Management Association, Harold Dalso, in highlighting the significance of public engagement activities for good water quality on the island, says the time is ripe for agencies and residents of Sufre to begin actively asserting appropriate responses to existing water supply issues, which can pose serious consequences for agri-based livelihoods within the community. Whatever gets into the into the sea, if it is poor quality, the water in the sea is also poor and it is very important that that there is desensitization to tell people in the interior, in the in the hinterlands to really do some kind of conservation and be more cognizant of the fact that the practices can impact not just on the ecosystem of the river but also the marine ecosystem and that is very very very important. The Agriculture Ministry invites the public to participate in the public awareness and information sharing campaign drive on the importance of good water quality in building sustainable, agri-food livelihoods and rural development but also in ensuring a healthier St Lucia. The next activity is slated for Thursday, September 29, 2022 at the old Trafford complex in Sufre. From the Communications Unit of the Ministry of Agriculture, I am Manicia Antoine reporting.