Padarath: Gonzales’ WASA chemical claims a ‘malicious lie’

Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Bar­ry Padarath has rub­bished claims by Op­po­si­tion MP and for­mer Pub­lic Util­i­ties Min­is­ter Mar­vin Gon­za­les that the Wa­ter and Sew­er­age Au­thor­i­ty (WASA) may be fail­ing to ad­e­quate­ly treat the coun­try’s wa­ter be­cause of an in­abil­i­ty to pay sup­pli­ers of treat­ment chem­i­cals.

Speak­ing with Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day, Padarath said he had re­ceived con­fir­ma­tion from WASA that there had been no dis­rup­tion in the sup­ply of chem­i­cals used to treat wa­ter across Trinidad and To­ba­go.

“I was able to con­firm with WASA, a short while ago, that at no point in time there was dis­rup­tion in the ser­vice sup­ply­ing de­liv­ery of chem­i­cals to WASA for the treat­ment of wa­ter across Trinidad and To­ba­go,” Padarath said.