Beetham rupture disrupts water supply across several areas

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) says it has gained full con­trol of the rup­tured trans­mis­sion main near Beetham Gar­dens and has be­gun de­wa­ter­ing op­er­a­tions ahead of re­pairs sched­uled for com­ple­tion by noon to­mor­row.

In an up­date to­day, WASA said emer­gency re­sponse teams were de­ployed im­me­di­ate­ly af­ter the rup­ture was re­port­ed.

The au­thor­i­ty said crews ac­ti­vat­ed full emer­gency pro­to­cols and suc­cess­ful­ly ac­cessed and op­er­at­ed valves to de­wa­ter the af­fect­ed 30-inch boost­er line, which it de­scribed as a crit­i­cal step to­ward car­ry­ing out safe and ef­fec­tive re­pairs.

The rup­ture has dis­rupt­ed op­er­a­tions at the El So­cor­ro Boost­er Sta­tion, af­fect­ing wa­ter sup­ply to sev­er­al ar­eas, in­clud­ing Knag­gs Hill, Pic­ton II Reser­voir, Black Riv­er, Barataria, Laven­tille, Port of Spain, Mor­vant, East Dry Riv­er, St Barbs, Gon­za­les, Long Cir­cu­lar, Dun­don­ald Hill, Dibe, Wood­brook, St James, Co­corite, Bel­mont, Cas­cade and St Ann’s.

WASA al­so said the El So­cor­ro High Lift Sta­tion re­mains out of op­er­a­tion, af­fect­ing cus­tomers along Bound­ary Road and Bound­ary Road Ex­ten­sion, Aranguez Main Road, El So­cor­ro Road, Don Miguel Road and Black Riv­er.

The au­thor­i­ty said re­pair ma­te­ri­als had al­ready been mo­bilised from its stores and were on the way to the job site.

WASA said re­pairs are ex­pect­ed to be com­plet­ed on or be­fore 12 noon to­mor­row.

The au­thor­i­ty added that it re­mained fo­cused on restora­tion ef­forts and would con­tin­ue to pro­vide up­dates as work pro­gress­es.