Thou­sands of cus­tomers in North Trinidad and across To­ba­go are with­out a wa­ter sup­ply cur­rent­ly, due to the pas­sage of Hur­ri­cane Beryl.

Ac­cord­ing to the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) – high tur­bid­i­ty caused by the heavy rain­fall and clogged screens caused by flood­ed riv­er con­di­tions; as well as a pow­er fail­ure have led to the dis­rup­tion.

WASA said the per­sis­tent rain­fall had in­ter­rupt­ed op­er­a­tions at sev­er­al sur­face wa­ter treat­ment fa­cil­i­ties.

In Trinidad – eight fa­cil­i­ties were af­fect­ed in­clud­ing those at Tom­pire, Quare, Gua­napo, La Pas­to­ra, I&N; Acono; La Fil­lette; and Las Cuevas.

In To­ba­go – fa­cil­i­ties at Hills­bor­ough West and Rich­mond were al­so im­pact­ed by in­creased tur­bid­i­ty and clogged screens – whilst four fa­cil­i­ties at Bloody Bay; King’s Bay; High­land Road; and Char­lot­teville WTP were im­pact­ed by pow­er out­ages.

Mean­while, the pub­lic is ad­vised that the WASA’s head of­fice in St Joseph, has been closed due to a pow­er fail­ure at the lo­ca­tion.