JavaScript is disabled in your web browser or browser is too old to support JavaScript. Today almost all web pages contain JavaScript, a scripting programming language that runs on visitor's web browser. It makes web pages functional for specific purposes and if disabled for some reason, the content or the functionality of the web page can be limited or unavailable.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

WASA condemns illegal discharge into Guanapo River

by

15 days ago
20250629
Photo courtesy WASA

Photo courtesy WASA

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) is de­nounc­ing what it calls the reck­less and un­law­ful ac­tions of a quar­ry­ing con­trac­tor who dis­charged ef­flu­ent in­to trib­u­taries feed­ing the Gua­napo Riv­er, caus­ing vis­i­ble con­t­a­m­i­na­tion of the wa­ter­course and threat­en­ing wa­ter pro­duc­tion ef­fi­cien­cy at the Ca­roni Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant.

In a state­ment, WASA said the dis­charge rep­re­sents a clear breach of en­vi­ron­men­tal reg­u­la­tions and has al­ready had op­er­a­tional con­se­quences. The Au­thor­i­ty con­firmed that it has been forced to im­ple­ment en­hanced pu­rifi­ca­tion mea­sures to keep the wa­ter sup­ply safe, lead­ing to re­duced wa­ter avail­abil­i­ty for cus­tomers.

“This in­ci­dent rep­re­sents not on­ly an en­vi­ron­men­tal of­fence but al­so a di­rect threat to pub­lic wa­ter se­cu­ri­ty,” WASA warned.

De­spite the set­back, the Au­thor­i­ty as­sured the pub­lic that wa­ter cur­rent­ly be­ing dis­trib­uted through its net­work re­mains ful­ly com­pli­ant with all safe­ty and qual­i­ty stan­dards. It said es­ca­lat­ed mon­i­tor­ing and treat­ment pro­to­cols have been ac­ti­vat­ed to en­sure the con­tin­ued de­liv­ery of safe, potable wa­ter.

WASA is now work­ing with oth­er rel­e­vant stake­hold­ers to in­ves­ti­gate and put a stop to what it de­scribed as ir­re­spon­si­ble ac­tiv­i­ty, and is urg­ing mem­bers of the pub­lic to re­port any sus­pi­cious con­duct that may en­dan­ger wa­ter re­sources.

“The Au­thor­i­ty re­mains res­olute in its man­date to safe­guard na­tion­al wa­ter sources and up­hold un­com­pro­mis­ing stan­dards in wa­ter de­liv­ery,” the re­lease con­clud­ed.

WaterWASAInstagram


Related articles

Sponsored

Weather

PORT OF SPAIN WEATHER

Sponsored