The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has ad­vised that cus­tomers in parts of North-East Trinidad served by the Hol­lis Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant, who are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing mild dis­coloura­tion in their wa­ter sup­ply, that this is due to re­cent heavy rain­fall over a short pe­ri­od.

WASA said this sit­u­a­tion af­fect­ed the lake con­di­tions, re­sult­ing in some dis­coloured wa­ter en­ter­ing the trans­mis­sion and dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem and added that it is cur­rent­ly car­ry­ing out flush­ing ex­er­cis­es through­out the dis­tri­b­u­tion sys­tem which is ex­pect­ed to re­sult in the sys­tem ful­ly clear­ing over the next 24 hours.

Among the ar­eas af­fect­ed are:

Parts of Ari­ma, D’Abadie and Arou­ca in­clu­sive Co­corite Road, O'Meara Road, Cleaver Road, Lyn­ton Gar­dens, Dar­will Gar­dens, La Re­source, La Florisante, Lil­ian Heights, Ridgeview Heights, River­wood De­vel­op­ment, Bon Air North, Bon Air West, Bon Air Gar­dens, ar­eas along the East­ern Main Road from Ari­ma to Arou­ca.

WASA said cus­tomers who may still be re­ceiv­ing a dis­coloured sup­ply, to let their taps run un­til it clears.