The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) announced that Point Fortin Desalination Plant will be shut down for 20 hours this week. 

In a release Tuesday, WASA reported that Seven Seas Water, owner/operator of the plant, has advised of the planned shutdown of the facility for mechanical repair work, from 6 a.m. on Thursday, to 2 a.m. on Friday.

During this period, customers in the following areas of Point Fortin and La Brea will be affected: Point Fortin proper, parts of Techier, Vance River, Parrylands, Cochrane, Mahaica, Lot 10, Cochrane, Savannah, Harriman Park, Clifton Hill, Reservoir Hill, Merrimac, Vessigny, TGU, La Brea (up to the Pitch Lake).