The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has an­nounced a re­duc­tion in wa­ter pro­duc­tion at the Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant, af­fect­ing cus­tomers in Cen­tral and South West Trinidad.

WASA re­port­ed that the plant, op­er­at­ed by the De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (DE­SAL­COTT), typ­i­cal­ly sup­plies 40 mil­lion gal­lons of wa­ter per day (mgd). Due to raw wa­ter qual­i­ty is­sues caused by al­gae buildup at the plant's in­take area, pro­duc­tion has been cut back to 30 mgd.

WASA is work­ing close­ly with DE­SAL­COTT to ad­dress the is­sue and will pro­vide fur­ther up­dates as need­ed. 

The re­duced pro­duc­tion has im­pact­ed wa­ter sup­ply in the fol­low­ing ar­eas:

- Ca­roni

- War­renville

- Cunu­pia

- Ch­agua­nas

- Ca­paro

- Chase Vil­lage

- Cou­va

- Point Lisas

- Cal­i­for­nia

- Clax­ton Bay

- Plai­sance Park

- Pointe a Pierre

- City of San Fer­nan­do

- Vista­bel­la

- Mara­bel­la

- Gas­par­il­lo

- South West Union Hall

- Pleas­antville

- Palmiste

- Phillip­ine

- Dun­can Vil­lage

- Es­per­ance

- Gulf View

- Bel Air

- La Ro­main

- 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

- Mo­ra Dam Road

Cus­tomers af­fect­ed by the sup­ply is­sues can re­quest a lim­it­ed truck-borne ser­vice through the WASA Ser­vices App, avail­able on the Play Store or Ap­ple Store, or via the Cus­tomer Por­tal on WASA’s web­site at www.wasa.gov.tt. For di­rect as­sis­tance or ad­di­tion­al in­for­ma­tion, cus­tomers can con­tact WASA’s Cus­tomer Call Cen­tre toll-free at 800-4420/4426.