Minister Barry Padarath: WASA Water-Trucking Probe Uncovers Millions In Unsupported Invoices

Minister of Public Utilities Barry Padarath says a forensic investigation has uncovered more than TT$30 million in unsupported invoices linked to WASA’s water-trucking operations under the former administration.

This comes as he responded to former Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales over what Gonzales described as a ‘water-trucking racket’.

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In his constribution to the budget debate, he said an Ernst & Young forensic investigation into transactions between 2019 and 2024 linked to WASA’s water-trucking operations had uncovered millions of dollars in irregularities and unsupported invoices.