Thou­sands of cus­tomers across north, cen­tral and south Trinidad will face tem­po­rary wa­ter dis­rup­tions on Thurs­day night due to emer­gency main­te­nance at the Ca­roni Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant.

In a me­dia re­lease is­sued yes­ter­day, the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) an­nounced that the shut­down will take place be­tween 8 pm and mid­night on Ju­ly 24. 

The au­thor­i­ty said the out­age was nec­es­sary to car­ry out ur­gent elec­tri­cal main­te­nance at the fa­cil­i­ty.

The af­fect­ed ar­eas span a wide ge­o­graph­ic re­gion, from as far north as Cas­cade to far south as Pe­nal.

Ar­eas to be im­pact­ed by Ca­roni Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant shut­down:

North Trinidad

Sad­dle Road, San Juan; Laven­tille Road; Febeau Vil­lage; Mal­ick; Barataria; Mor­vant; East Dry Riv­er; Port-of-Spain; St Barbs; Gon­za­les; Bagatelle; Suc­cess Vil­lage, Laven­tille; Trou Macaque; St Ann’s; Cas­cade; Dibe; Long Cir­cu­lar; St James; Co­corite; and Bel­mont.

Cen­tral and

South Trinidad

Pi­ar­co; Cunu­pia; Ch­agua­nas; Lange Park; Fe­lic­i­ty; Ca­roni Sa­van­nah Road; Bank Vil­lage; Cara­pichaima; Mc Bean; Wind­sor Park; Clax­ton Bay; City of San Fer­nan­do; Ca­roni North and South Bank Road; En­deav­our; Jern­ing­ham Road; Long­denville; Cal­i­for­nia; Ko­rea Vil­lage; Wa­ter­loo; St Mary’s; Cou­va; Es­per­an­za; Mara­bel­la, La Ro­main; Phillip­ine; Debe; Siparia; Palmiste; Wood­land; Pe­nal; and Fyz­abad.

WASA has warned that while the shut­down will last for four hours, it may take up to 12 hours af­ter com­ple­tion for the wa­ter sup­ply to ful­ly re­turn to nor­mal in some ar­eas.

Cus­tomers need­ing as­sis­tance or truck-borne wa­ter de­liv­ery dur­ing the dis­rup­tion can con­tact WASA’s toll-free line at 800-4420 or 800-4426.

WASA apol­o­gised for the in­con­ve­nience and thanked cus­tomers for their pa­tience and un­der­stand­ing.