Beetham transmission main repaired and service restored

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has con­firmed that re­pairs to the rup­tured trans­mis­sion main near Beetham Gar­dens were com­plet­ed at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 7:30 pm yes­ter­day, with full ser­vice re­stored.

The Au­thor­i­ty said emer­gency re­sponse teams car­ried out the re­pairs ef­fi­cient­ly, bring­ing the sys­tem back on­line and restor­ing nor­mal op­er­a­tions.

WASA thanked res­i­dents and cus­tomers for their pa­tience and un­der­stand­ing dur­ing the dis­rup­tion.

The Au­thor­i­ty al­so re­port­ed a sep­a­rate me­chan­i­cal is­sue at the Val­sayn A Boost­er Sta­tion this morn­ing.

At around 9 am, Boost­er Pump-set #3 de­vel­oped a sig­nif­i­cant me­chan­i­cal fault and be­came in­op­er­a­ble. Main­te­nance teams were im­me­di­ate­ly de­ployed to as­sess and ad­dress the prob­lem.

WASA ex­plained that the Val­sayn A Boost­er Sta­tion op­er­ates with two boost­er pump­ing units to main­tain full out­put. With one unit now out of ser­vice, pro­duc­tion has been re­duced by 50 per cent.

As a re­sult, cus­tomers along the East­ern Main Road, Champs Fleurs, Mt Lam­bert, and Up­per and Low­er San­ta Cruz, in­clud­ing ar­eas served by the San­ta Cruz Boost­er Sta­tion, may ex­pe­ri­ence low pres­sure or in­ter­mit­tent wa­ter sup­ply.

The Au­thor­i­ty said its truck-borne ser­vice re­mains ac­tive to as­sist af­fect­ed cus­tomers. Res­i­dents can re­quest this ser­vice by con­tact­ing WASA’s Cus­tomer Con­tact Cen­tre toll-free at 800-4420 or 800-4426.

WASA as­sured the pub­lic that it is ful­ly man­ag­ing the sit­u­a­tion and that every ef­fort is be­ing made to re­store nor­mal op­er­a­tions as quick­ly as pos­si­ble.

Fur­ther up­dates will be is­sued as re­pair and restora­tion work con­tin­ues.