Cus­tomers in South East Trinidad are ex­pe­ri­enc­ing low pres­sure or no wa­ter in their pipes be­cause of a leak in a Navet trunk pipeline be­tween the Navet Plant and TCO Boost­er Sta­tion. Ac­cord­ing to WASA, emer­gency re­pair works are un­der­way and is ex­pect­ed to be com­plet­ed by Fri­day.

The fol­low­ing is a press re­lease from WASA:

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (the Au­thor­i­ty) ad­vis­es cus­tomers in parts of South East Trinidad served by the Navet Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant, who are cur­rent­ly ex­pe­ri­enc­ing low pres­sures or a dis­rup­tion in their wa­ter sup­ply that, this is due to three (3) leaks along the cross-coun­try 36 inch di­am­e­ter Navet trunk pipeline, be­tween the Navet Plant and TCO Boost­er Sta­tion.

Emer­gency re­pairs are sched­uled to be com­plet­ed by mid­night on Fri­day 20th May, 2022. Ar­eas af­fect­ed in­clude: Rochard Dou­glas Road, Rochard Road, Up­per Pe­nal Rock Road (from Pla­tan­ite Trace to Quar­ry Road in­clud­ing side streets), SS Erin Road (up to Lal­too Trace in­clud­ing side streets), Pic­ton De­vel­op­ment, Es­per­ance, Pa­pourie Road, Gol­con­da Set­tle­ment, Ra­goo Vil­lage, Har­ri­paul Vil­lage, Welling­ton Gar­dens, Lall­be­har­ry Trace, Bar­rack­pore, Bor­de Narve, Friend­ship, St. John, Bronte, Re­form, Ben Lo­mand, Har­mo­ny Hall, Ste Made­line, Re­trench, Corinth, Palmyra, Mt. Stew­art, Cleghorn, St. Clements, St. Charles.

Cus­tomers are ad­vised that it may take up to 24 hours for the ser­vice to nor­mal­ize to some af­fect­ed ar­eas in ac­cor­dance with pipe borne wa­ter sup­ply sched­ules. A lim­it­ed truck borne wa­ter sup­ply is avail­able up­on re­quest.

For fur­ther in­for­ma­tion or as­sis­tance, cus­tomers are asked to con­tact WASA’s Cus­tomer Call Cen­tre toll free at 800-4420/4426. The Au­thor­i­ty apol­o­gizes for the in­con­ve­nience and thanks cus­tomers for their pa­tience and un­der­stand­ing.