The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty's (WASA) ag­gres­sive leak re­pair pro­gramme is on track, says the util­i­ty's gen­er­al man­ag­er of cor­po­rate com­mu­ni­ca­tions, Ellen Lewis. Speak­ing with re­porters in San Fer­nan­do af­ter the start of WASA's dis­con­nec­tion dri­ve on Wednes­day, Lewis said: "We were man­dat­ed by the Gov­ern­ment when they came in­to of­fice to em­bark on an ag­gres­sive leak re­pair pro­gramme and we have start­ed."

She said the pro­gramme was "con­tin­u­ing apace." "We have not had any chal­lenges in the con­text of get­ting the pro­grammes rolled out. We are pro­ceed­ing ac­cord­ing­ly to re­pair all out­stand­ing leaks on the lines, as well, we have sys­tems to re­place all aged and leaky mains over the next two years," Lewis added. WASA deputy gen­er­al man­ag­er–op­er­a­tions, Steve Joseph, said in ad­di­tion to the dis­con­nec­tion dri­ve the util­i­ty was con­duct­ing line re­place­ment which in­volved re­place­ment of old con­nec­tions.