Caroni Water Treatment Plant works to disrupt supply

Thou­sands of cus­tomers across North, Cen­tral and South Trinidad are ex­pect­ed to ex­pe­ri­ence in­ter­rup­tions to their pipe-borne wa­ter sup­ply to­day as the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) car­ries out ur­gent main­te­nance at the Ca­roni Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant.

In a me­dia re­lease, WASA said the tem­po­rary dis­rup­tion is nec­es­sary to fa­cil­i­tate the in­stal­la­tion of new band screens and oth­er es­sen­tial main­te­nance works at the plant's Raw Wa­ter Sta­tion.

The au­thor­i­ty said some ar­eas may al­so ex­pe­ri­ence low wa­ter pres­sure while the works are un­der­way, adding that the up­grades are in­tend­ed to im­prove the long-term ef­fi­cien­cy and re­li­a­bil­i­ty of the treat­ment fa­cil­i­ty.

Among the af­fect­ed com­mu­ni­ties are parts of St. Joseph, Val­sayn, Tu­na­puna, Curepe, Barataria, Mor­vant, Port of Spain, St. Ann's, Cas­cade, St. James, Co­corite, Bel­mont, Pi­ar­co, Cunu­pia, Ch­agua­nas, Lange Park, Cara­pichaima, Long­denville, Cou­va, Clax­ton Bay, Cal­i­for­nia, Wa­ter­loo, San Fer­nan­do, La Ro­maine, Pe­nal, Siparia, Fyz­abad and Es­per­an­za.

WASA said full ser­vice will be re­stored in the short­est pos­si­ble time and thanked cus­tomers for their pa­tience while the work is com­plet­ed.

Cus­tomers seek­ing ad­di­tion­al in­for­ma­tion can con­tact the au­thor­i­ty's Cus­tomer Call Cen­tre at 800-4420 or 800-4426.