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  • 8 months ago
United National Congress Candidate for Couva South Barry Padarath tells constituents that their water is unsafe, and promises to release a report soon.

The Water and Sewerage Authority rubbishes the claim, and says it can potentially distress the public.

Alicia Boucher has the details.
Transcript
00:00Chief Executive Officer at WASA, Keith Roy Halliday, tells us it is a serious and troubling situation.
00:07It is mischievous, it is wicked, it is criminal in nature.
00:12And we are very, very concerned.
00:14And these acts have propped up particularly over the last two weeks
00:18where we've seen significant damage in some instances to our infrastructure
00:22or attempt to damage our infrastructure.
00:25Meanwhile, Director of Water Management for Central, Sharon Bailey, tells us repair work is underway.
00:32You have customers who are panicking because it is a dry season there without a supply.
00:37So we have had to, and in some instances residents have started to band together
00:42and say, well, let's fix as many as we could.
00:44But WASA has responded.
00:46We are in the process of completing some of those repairs today.
00:49But we strongly condemn that type of behavior.
00:53CEO Halliday is urging the public to conserve water during the dry season period.
00:59However, he says, the authority has been working closely with the Met Office
01:05and things can take a less harsh turn in the near future.
01:08Over the course of April, the end of April possibly, May and June,
01:13we expect that some of our challenges in terms of dry weather will continue.
01:17Rainfall is expected to be more.
01:19And as we go through May and June, if that forecast bears true,
01:23then we expect to see ourselves coming out of what we call the peak of the dry season.
01:27Nicole M. Romani, TV6 News.
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