Ten boreholes will be tested and the debate on the Water Resources Law delayed until June to find ou twhether Islanders could use underground water sources.
It is also being recommended that a hole be drilled at Les Ecréhous to see what lies underneath the group of rocks six miles north-east of St Catherine.
The work will be carried out by the deep groundwater advisory group, of which Deputy Sarah Ferguson is a member.
She said investigating boreholes would provide a chance to take a balanced, scientific look at what was actually going on with the Island’s underground water sources.
‘It is something that we’ve never really done before,’ she said.
‘There are still the doubters among us, but this gives us a chance to have a proper look at it so that we can come up with a good picture of what is down there and how much.’ It was suggested in a scrutiny panel meeting yesterday that Royal Engineers be used to airlift equipment to Les Ecréhous , where another borehole would be drilled.
However, Environment director Chris Newton told the panel, which was chaired by Deputy Rob Duhamel, that the advisory group felt drilling the hole would serve no useful purpose and would cause disruption to the wildlife there.
