Parts of South-West Trinidad served by the Granville Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant, who are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing a dis­rup­tion in their pipe borne wa­ter sup­ply, can ex­pect to see re­lief by ear­ly on Fri­day morn­ing.

An ad­vi­so­ry from the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty re­ports that emer­gency re­pairs are be­ing car­ried out on one of the pumps at the fa­cil­i­ty.  WASA says me­chan­i­cal prob­lems with this pump are be­hind the cur­rent sup­ply dis­rup­tion.

It has en­sured a lim­it­ed truck-borne wa­ter ser­vice will be avail­able up­on re­quest.

Re­pair works on the pump should be com­plet­ed by mid­night, tonight (Thurs­day 18 Au­gust 2022), WASA says.

Ar­eas af­fect­ed in­clude: Granville Old Road, Syfoo Trace, Bam­boo Vil­lage, Bois Bourg, Coro­man­del, Fuller­ton, Ce­dros, Ica­cos, Lal­la Street, Bil­wa Street, Boodram Trace, Granville, and Granville Main Road.

Cus­tomers are fur­ther ad­vised that fol­low­ing the com­ple­tion of these works, it may take up to 24 hours for the sup­ply to nor­mal­ize to some af­fect­ed ar­eas.

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion or as­sis­tance, cus­tomers can con­tact WASA’s Cus­tomer Call Cen­tre toll free at 800-4420 and 800-4426.