WASA’s expenditure cut by $287M

Akash Sama­roo

The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) is fac­ing a $287 mil­lion re­duc­tion in its bud­get­ed ex­pen­di­ture for fis­cal 2027, in­clud­ing a $233 mil­lion cut in per­son­nel fund­ing, but Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath is as­sur­ing em­ploy­ees that there are no plans to re­duce the au­thor­i­ty’s es­tab­lished work­force.

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Padarath says he has al­ready dis­cussed the re­duced per­son­nel al­lo­ca­tion with the Min­is­ter of Fi­nance and ex­pects ad­di­tion­al fund­ing to be pro­vid­ed dur­ing the fi­nan­cial year.