00:00We've asked, when we met a while ago with the Secretary of Tourism, that Tobago be declared
00:07a water emergency and we asked for more water trucks. That hasn't happened because we really
00:16have a water problem. We have a water crisis on the island right now because we are in
00:22a drought and nobody wants to state that we are in a drought.
00:25McLean told TV6 News he has spent over $100,000 in paying for water from WASA and private contractors
00:34and maintaining his desalination plant on his property.
00:38We've spent over $100,000 in the last three and a half months on water just to keep the
00:45property going and that is ridiculous.
00:48The manager of Blue Waters Hotel said it is an island-wide crisis.
00:53The whole island is suffering from Barclay to Crown Point to Speyside to Charlottetville.
00:59The entire island is suffering for water. The dry season has been very dry. There are not
01:07enough water trucks on the island.
01:09One WASA official who wished not to be named confirmed to TV6 News there is a water crisis
01:16on island. The WASA official said some wells have been shut down by WASA due to a lack of water.
01:23The Richmond Well, Honorsville No. 4 and Daniel Trace-Camby Wells are all shut down.
01:30TV6 News contacted the management of WASA Tobago and we're awaiting a response as a new regional
01:38Tobago manager is at the helm. Elizabeth Williams, TV6 News.
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