KE­JAN HAYNES

Res­i­dents of San Fran­cique who were hop­ing for re­lief in re­ceiv­ing a wa­ter sup­ply may have to wait a bit longer, while res­i­dents of Cen­tral and South-West Trinidad may be re­ceiv­ing low pres­sure or no sup­ply.

This is be­cause De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (DE­SAL­COTT) and the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) said an elec­tri­cal prob­lem re­sult­ed in the stop­page of op­er­a­tions at the Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant, at ap­prox­i­mate­ly 2:00 pm on Sat­ur­day (Sep­tem­ber 2, 2023.

Ac­cord­ing to a re­lease from WASA, DE­SAL­COTT was able to par­tial­ly restart op­er­a­tions, but fur­ther as­sess­ment and re­pairs will be re­quired to re­turn the fa­cil­i­ty to full pro­duc­tion.

The Au­thor­i­ty is con­tin­u­ing to li­aise with DE­SAL­COTT re­gard­ing the com­ple­tion of these re­pair works and will pro­vide a fur­ther up­date sub­se­quent­ly.

Af­fect­ed ar­eas in­clude: Ca­roni, War­renville, Cunu­pia, Ch­agua­nas, Ca­paro, Chase Vil­lage, Cou­va, Point Lisas, Cal­i­for­nia, Clax­ton Bay, Plai­sance Park, Pointe a Pierre, City of San Fer­nan­do, Vista­bel­la, Mara­bel­la, Gas­par­il­lo, South West Union Hall, Pleas­antville, Palmiste, Phillip­ine, Dun­can Vil­lage, Es­per­ance, Gulf View, Bel Air, La Ro­main, South Oropouche, Ota­heite, Rousil­lac, Aripero, parts of La Brea, Av­o­cat, Fyz­abad, parts of Siparia in­clud­ing De Gannes Vil­lage and Quar­ry Vil­lage, San Fran­cique, Debe, Syne Vil­lage, Lowkie Trace, Sun­rees Road, Mo­ra Dam Road.