The Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) has con­demned the ac­tions of a con­trac­tor who has dis­charged ef­flu­ent in­to the Gua­napo Riv­er, which the au­thor­i­ty says pos­es a sig­nif­i­cant threat to wa­ter pro­duc­tion and the op­er­a­tions at the Ca­roni Wa­ter Treat­ment Plant.

In a state­ment yes­ter­day, WASA said it had be­come aware of “the ir­re­spon­si­ble ac­tions of a con­trac­tor en­gaged in quar­ry­ing ac­tiv­i­ty.”

It said the re­sul­tant ef­fect has led to a de­crease in wa­ter avail­abil­i­ty, as the cur­rent con­di­tions re­quire that the au­thor­i­ty “pu­ri­fy and sani­tise more to get less.”