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Akash Sama­roo

The Gov­ern­ment is set to in­vest tens of mil­lions of dol­lars in a mix of short-, medi­um-, and long-term projects aimed at sta­bil­is­ing and ex­pand­ing wa­ter pro­duc­tion across Trinidad and To­ba­go. These ini­tia­tives in­clude a $7.5 mil­lion tank farm pro­gramme, a $20 mil­lion up­grade to a ma­jor treat­ment plant, and the con­struc­tion of new de­sali­na­tion fa­cil­i­ties.

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath made the an­nounce­ment dur­ing a post-Cab­i­net news brief­ing, say­ing the mea­sures are part of a broad­er strat­e­gy to move the coun­try to­ward a more re­li­able wa­ter sup­ply, with the ul­ti­mate goal of “en­sur­ing that per­sons re­ceive a 24-7 sup­ply.”