The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty has ap­pealed to res­i­dents in sev­er­al North-East com­mu­ni­ties to con­serve wa­ter as on­go­ing dry weath­er con­tin­ues to re­duce pro­duc­tion at the North Oropouche Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant.

In a state­ment is­sued Tues­day, WASA said wa­ter pro­duc­tion at the fa­cil­i­ty has fall­en from 20 mil­lion gal­lons per day to 16 mil­lion gal­lons per day be­cause of pro­longed dry con­di­tions, re­sult­ing in dis­rup­tions to wa­ter sup­ply in mul­ti­ple com­mu­ni­ties.

Ar­eas af­fect­ed in­clude Five Rivers, Arou­ca, Mal­oney, Ari­ma, Brazil, La Hor­quet­ta, Tumpuna, San­gre Grande, Guaico/Tamana, Nar­i­va and Cu­mu­to/Man­zanil­la.