WASA restrictions fail to stop water spraying at Stink and Dutty

Re­stric­tions im­ple­ment­ed by the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) in To­ba­go failed to stop the flow of wa­ter on Fri­day morn­ing, as thou­sands of Stink and Dut­ty pa­trons were sprayed with hoses.

Sec­re­tary of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Ricky Joe­field has con­demned the wastage of wa­ter as the is­land ex­pe­ri­ences drought-like con­di­tions due to the ef­fects of El Niño.

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A WASA me­dia re­lease on Thurs­day called for the “ef­fi­cient and re­spon­si­ble” use of the pre­cious re­source dur­ing the car­ni­val. More than 60,000 vis­i­tors are ex­pect­ed to ar­rive in To­ba­go for the an­nu­al fes­ti­val, dou­bling the is­land’s pop­u­la­tion and in­creas­ing de­mand for wa­ter.