Desalcott shutdown to disrupt water supply in Central, South

Cus­tomers in parts of Cen­tral and South Trinidad are ex­pect­ed to ex­pe­ri­ence dis­rup­tions to their wa­ter sup­ply as the Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant un­der­goes its an­nu­al main­te­nance shut­down.

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) said the shut­down, which be­gan at noon on Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 28, is sched­uled to con­tin­ue un­til noon on Sun­day, Oc­to­ber 4.

The plant, op­er­at­ed by the De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (De­sal­cott), sup­plies WASA with 40 mil­lion gal­lons of wa­ter dai­ly, sup­port­ing the Point Lisas In­dus­tri­al Es­tate and sup­ple­ment­ing sup­plies to parts of Cen­tral and south-west Trinidad.