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The Ministry of Public Utilities reveals that water will be redirected from the South West Region to serve constituents of Siparia and Princes Town.
It comes amid a surplus created from works under the Water Improvement Programme South West, where 55,000 people are now reported to be receiving a reliable supply of water.
Alicia Boucher has the details from the ceremony to mark the conclusion of the programme.
Transcript
00:00Minister of Public Utilities Marvin Gonzalez outlines that some communities
00:04in southwest Trinidad have been severely underserved with a pie-borne water
00:08supply, some getting once every eight days to as little as once every 24 days.
00:14It is for this reason, he says, the Prime Minister instructed a finance minister
00:20to set aside funds to improve the situation in those communities and as
00:24such 160 million TT dollars was made available and a southwest water
00:30improvement program commenced. It has now been concluded with about 15 different
00:35components of various projects completed. This included the installation of new
00:40pipelines, the drilling of new wells, upgrades to water treatment plants,
00:44construction of booster stations and the refurbishment of existing wells, the last
00:49of which was the Tisha well two weeks ago. The completion of the program has
00:54been commemorated through a ceremonial startup at the Buenos Aires Community
00:59Center where Minister Gonzalez highlights good news. In this southwest
01:03region I can tell you we have already expended 100 million dollars in projects
01:13to drill wells, to upgrade your pipeline infrastructure, to construct booster
01:19stations, to engage in the necessary automation, to improve the level of
01:24service to 55,000 people. Gonzalez indicates that areas including endpoints
01:30of Icalcus are now receiving a 24-3 supply and above and there are plans to
01:35spend more in that region to drill more wells. The minister states that there is
01:40now a surplus of water in the southwest region. So this is what we are going to
01:45do. We will make sure that all of your communities get 24-7 level of service
01:51and that you have resilience for the next 10 years. But the extra water, we're
01:58not going to do like them. We're going to send some for Kamla and we will not
02:05leave out Bariparat. In the not too distant future, water will now be
02:11exported to areas in Separia, Pinal and Thick Village and all of the surrounding
02:17areas so that they do not have to depend on water from the Karani water
02:22treatment plant, improving the lives of nearly 20,000 people. For this purpose, he
02:29states that major pipeline projects will commence soon in those areas. But that's
02:34not all. One month from now, we are going to commission a major pipeline project
02:40for the region of Palo Seco settlement. Palo Seco settlement benefiting 5,000
02:49people who will now get for the very first time pipe-borne treated water. The
02:56minister is asking the residents to still conserve water and pay their water
03:01bills as he states that this will help WASA to assist other underserved
03:05communities. Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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