Res­i­dents across sev­er­al ar­eas in north-east Trinidad are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing wa­ter sup­ply dis­rup­tions fol­low­ing heavy overnight rain­fall that af­fect­ed op­er­a­tions at sev­er­al sur­face wa­ter treat­ment fa­cil­i­ties.

Ac­cord­ing to a sta­tus up­date is­sued by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) at 11:00 a.m. to­day, flood­ing and riv­er over­flow have caused high tur­bid­i­ty and clogged screens at mul­ti­ple fa­cil­i­ties. This has hin­dered wa­ter treat­ment op­er­a­tions in com­mu­ni­ties from To­co to St. Joseph.

The af­fect­ed fa­cil­i­ties and ar­eas in­clude:

-Tom­pire – Im­pact­ing res­i­dents in To­co and Ba­lan­dra

-Quare – Af­fect­ing parts of Va­len­cia

-Gua­napo – Ser­vic­ing parts of Ari­ma, Pin­to Road, Mt. Pleas­ant, and Cal­vary Hill, has since re­turned to ser­vice

-Aripo – Af­fect­ing San­ta Rosa Heights, Pin­to Road, parts of Tumpuna Road, and Va­len­cia

-Matu­ra – Caus­ing a dis­rup­tion in Matu­ra

-North Oropouche – In­ter­rupt­ing ser­vice to Mal­oney, Cara­po, Mal­abar, Five Rivers, Tumpuna, San­gre Grande, Man­zanil­la and en­vi­rons

-L&N – Dis­rupt­ing sup­ply in parts of Mara­cas and St. Joseph

WASA stat­ed that the prob­lems stem main­ly from flood­ed rivers and ex­ces­sive sed­i­men­ta­tion ob­struct­ing key wa­ter in­take in­fra­struc­ture.

“The Au­thor­i­ty will con­tin­ue to pro­vide up­dates as every ef­fort is be­ing made to re­turn these fa­cil­i­ties to ser­vice at the ear­li­est pos­si­ble time,” the re­lease not­ed.