While many parts of the country remain without pipe-borne water, millions of gallons of water continue to waste at Jaipaul Street in Ste Madeleine.
Resident Benedict Narine told Guardian Media that the water has been flowing nonstop for the past seven weeks after a four-inch distribution main ruptured.
Narine said numerous reports have been made to WASA as well as the Princes Town Regional Corporation but nothing has been done about the leak.
“It’s seven weeks now this water is leaking so and nobody is doing anything,” Narine said.
To show that the water was clean, Narine went to the drain and sat down allowing the gushing water to cascade over his head and body.
“This is clean water here. This is WASA water. There is no doubt about it,” he said.
Another resident Joan Seeraj said it was a shame that water was continuing to waste while hundreds of people across the country continue to suffer from water shortages.
“Look at this water flowing. It’s millions of gallons every day and every night. At nights the pressure is even more,” she said. She explained that their pipe-borne water supply has not been affected because of the leak although she believed the wastage is impacting communities elsewhere.
“We want this to get this fixed. Too much water is wasted. It is heartbreaking to see all this water going to waste. It’s flowing day and night. The pressure is slower than normal,” Seeraj added.
Contacted for comment, a senior official of WASA said the four-inch main ruptured causing water to flow into the concrete drain. He said the main has been isolated and repairs will commence today (Wednesday).
Earlier this year, WASA’s Director of Customer Services Alan Poon King said the Authority loses as much as 60 million gallons of water each day from leaking infrastructure.
WASA has begun key water infrastructure development projects through the Ministry of Public Utilities-funded National Water Stabilization and Improvement (NWSIP) and Community Water Investment (CWIP) Programmes for well rehabilitation and development, booster development, and pipeline installation.