Central, South brace for water disruptions from Monday

Cus­tomers in parts of Cen­tral and South Trinidad can ex­pect dis­rup­tions to their wa­ter sup­ply when the Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant un­der­goes its an­nu­al planned main­te­nance shut­down.

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) said the shut­down will take place from noon on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 28, to noon on Sun­day, Oc­to­ber 4.

The plant, op­er­at­ed by the De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (DE­SAL­COTT), sup­plies WASA with 40 mil­lion gal­lons of wa­ter dai­ly. The sup­ply sup­ports the Point Lisas In­dus­tri­al Es­tate and aug­ments wa­ter sup­ply to parts of Cen­tral and South-West Trinidad.

WASA said the shut­down is nec­es­sary to fa­cil­i­tate planned main­te­nance works at the fa­cil­i­ty.

Dur­ing the shut­down, cus­tomers nor­mal­ly sup­plied or sup­port­ed by pro­duc­tion from the de­sali­na­tion plant can ex­pect in­ter­rup­tions or changes to their reg­u­lar wa­ter sup­ply.

DE­SAL­COTT has ad­vised that de­liv­ery to WASA is ex­pect­ed to recom­mence from noon on Sun­day, Oc­to­ber 4, with full con­tract­ed de­liv­ery ex­pect­ed to be re­stored with­in 24 to 48 hours there­after.

Ar­eas that may be af­fect­ed in­clude Ca­roni, War­renville, Cunu­pia, Ch­agua­nas, Ca­paro, Chase Vil­lage, Cou­va, Point Lisas, Cal­i­for­nia, Clax­ton Bay, Plai­sance Park, Pointe-A-Pierre, San Fer­nan­do, Vista­bel­la, Gas­par­il­lo, Mara­bel­la and South-West Union Hall.

Oth­er af­fect­ed ar­eas may in­clude Pleas­antville, Palmiste, Phillip­ine, Es­per­ance, Dun­can Vil­lage, Gulf View, Bel Air, La Ro­maine, South Oropouche, Ota­heite, Rousil­lac, Aripero, parts of La Brea, Av­o­cat, Fyz­abad, parts of Siparia in­clud­ing De Gannes Vil­lage and Quar­ry Vil­lage, San Fran­cique, Debe, Syne Vil­lage, Lowkie Trace, Sun­rees Road and Mo­ra Dam Road.

Cus­tomers re­quir­ing a truck-borne sup­ply, as­sis­tance or fur­ther in­for­ma­tion can con­tact WASA’s Cus­tomer Con­tact Cen­tre toll-free at 800-4420 or 800-4426, use the WASA ser­vice app or ac­cess the Cus­tomer Por­tal through the Au­thor­i­ty’s web­site.

WASA apol­o­gised for the in­con­ve­nience caused by the tem­po­rary dis­rup­tion and thanked cus­tomers for their pa­tience and un­der­stand­ing while the main­te­nance works are car­ried out.