The as­sur­ance was giv­en by Sa­hadeo Ra­goo­nanan, a di­rec­tor of the en­ter­tain­ment fa­cil­i­ty in Rio Claro.

On Tues­day, the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) dis­con­nect­ed the sup­ply of wa­ter to the fa­cil­i­ty, claim­ing the es­tab­lish­ment had an il­le­gal con­nec­tion. The au­thor­i­ty al­so laid charges of mak­ing an il­le­gal wa­ter con­nec­tion against the fa­cil­i­ty's own­er, Har­ryper­sad Ra­goo­nanan. That mat­ter comes up for hear­ing on Sep­tem­ber 27. Har­ryper­sad, in an in­ter­view Tues­day night, de­nied he had an il­le­gal con­nec­tion to his busi­ness­place. In a state­ment yes­ter­day, Sa­hadeo Ra­goo­nanan said: "WASA has dis­con­nect­ed the sup­ply to the fa­cil­i­ty but we use re­cy­cled treat­ed wa­ter for the wa­ter slides and oth­er fa­cil­i­ties at the park.

"This wa­ter is al­so used for the wash­rooms but is not used for drink­ing or cook­ing. We have tak­en steps to en­sure we have an ad­e­quate sup­ply to run the op­er­a­tions." "I want to as­sure all the peo­ple who are com­ing to the wa­ter park to en­joy them­selves as we are op­er­at­ing as usu­al. "We are tak­ing the nor­mal mea­sures to en­sure that all hy­gien­ic re­quire­ments are met. The com­fort of our pa­trons is of para­mount im­por­tance." He said pa­trons would nor­mal­ly bring in their own drink­ing and cook­ing wa­ter or buy it from the park's bar and food court. He main­tained the park did not have any il­le­gal or un-au­tho­rised wa­ter con­nec­tions. The di­rec­tor said the com­pa­ny would meet with their lawyers to de­cide on a course of ac­tion.