The De­sali­na­tion Com­pa­ny of Trinidad and To­ba­go (De­sal­cott) has in­formed the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) of the an­nu­al shut­down of its Point Lisas De­sali­na­tion Plant to al­low for main­te­nance. The shut­down is sched­uled from Au­gust 18 to 24. The plant, which pro­duces 40 mil­lion gal­lons of wa­ter dai­ly, sup­plies the Point Lisas In­dus­tri­al Es­tate and sup­ple­ments sup­ply to cen­tral and south Trinidad.

To mit­i­gate the ex­pect­ed short­fall, WASA plans to re­dis­trib­ute wa­ter from the Ca­roni and Navet treat­ment plants, im­ple­ment tem­po­rary sup­ply sched­ules, and in­crease stor­age at crit­i­cal reser­voirs. Ad­di­tion­al wa­ter truck­ing ca­pac­i­ty will be de­ployed, and pri­or­i­ty will be giv­en to hos­pi­tals, care homes, and spe­cial needs fa­cil­i­ties. Tem­po­rary sched­ules will be pub­lished on WASA’s so­cial me­dia plat­forms, and res­i­dents are ad­vised to store wa­ter in ad­vance and man­age us­age ef­fi­cient­ly. Lim­it­ed truck-borne wa­ter will be avail­able on re­quest via the cus­tomer por­tal.

Af­fect­ed ar­eas are ex­pect­ed to in­clude Ca­roni, Ch­agua­nas, Cunu­pia, Cou­va, Clax­ton Bay, Mara­bel­la, Gas­par­il­lo, San Fer­nan­do, Union Hall, La Ro­main, Wood­land, Palmiste, Fyz­abad, Siparia, Pe­nal, Rousil­lac, Aripero, and La Brea.