No water from Jan 14th-24th ** Affected Areas Posted **

[playerskrew]

Heard some ppl saying they saw it in the papers or something to that extent...
January 15th-24th no water in San Fernando area anybody else hear anything about this ??
Just got this email...

[veedubtt]

i heard the desal plant will be down around that time.

[Gem_in_i]

It was in newspapers abt 2wks ago.
Not just San Fernando but a few other areas were listed.

[pioneer]

I heard it's from the 1st-foreverth OP, the end is near.

[nervewrecker]

One really has to wonder how de arse a country rich in fresh water reserves of good quality and surrounded with brackish water could suffer a water shortage.
This place in a mess yes.

Thankfully some genius connect our line to another nearby one that never seems to run dry so I have my fingers crossed that I wont be affected.

[hustla_ambition101]

catch rain water from now

[pioneer]

One really has to wonder how de arse a country rich in fresh water reserves of good quality and surrounded with brackish water could suffer a water shortage.
This place in a mess yes.

Thankfully some genius connect our line to another nearby one that never seems to run dry so I have my fingers crossed that I wont be affected.

notaffected

Move to the developed parts of the island

[nervewrecker]

One really has to wonder how de arse a country rich in fresh water reserves of good quality and surrounded with brackish water could suffer a water shortage.
This place in a mess yes.

Thankfully some genius connect our line to another nearby one that never seems to run dry so I have my fingers crossed that I wont be affected.

notaffected
Move to the developed parts of the island

next "drought" I will hear you sing a next song

Once nobody divert water from that line I will sing your same song "notaffected"

In all fairness you "notaffected" ones waste a lot of water and cost taxpayers quite a pretty penny to exploit our saline / brackish water reserves to fill the void

[Russellgold]

som say ,its gona be out fuh 2weeks in san'do side

[1UZFE]

Problems like these dont exist in the West..

[wheelbarrow]

Price of water tanks gon be affected...

Already affected. Since this morning...

[black start]

som say ,its gona be out fuh 2weeks in san'do side

rumours be spreading

[turbosingh]

Currently Hardwares are almost out of tanks!

[hydroep]

LOL...The supply will be rationed, not "out"...

People does panic for nothing yes.

[Ted_v2]

Notaffected

price of a 400 gallon tank went up to 630ish from 499 tho

[nemisis]

If you now buying a tank and living south then you deserve to get your eye dig out! It's years now wasa playing d arse with people water supply most persons should have two tanks in their yards already.

[nervewrecker]

One really has to wonder how de arse a country rich in fresh water reserves of good quality and surrounded with brackish water could suffer a water shortage.
This place in a mess yes.

Thankfully some genius connect our line to another nearby one that never seems to run dry so I have my fingers crossed that I wont be affected.

1. Not all water is good water. e.g Most Well water has too much of a high iron content making it un-treatable.

Im pretty sure the costs of RO exceed that of aeration, precipitation, coagulation and filtration.

2. And also DESAL provides a good percentage of the country's water. If its down, its obvious that the central to southern parts of the country would be affected.

3. Most if not all areas south and central even north will be affected. It was in the papers,

4. People exaggerating. Its not a matter of no water. Its just a change in schedules.

Yea desal puts quite a bit into the grid but at what cost? Should our freshwater reserves (surface) be maintained we might not have had to turn to desalination on such a large scale. Nobody is saying a few package plants can be located here and there to surface some rural areas that the caroni treatment plant and whatever groundwater reserves can service.

There are countries so far inland and some without any groundwater reserves and they manage fine. Whats our problem?
If out distro system was a proper network, not ridden with leaks and people didnt waste so much there might not be so much panic and worrying.

[De Dragon]

Desal was conceptualized as a means to provide water to the Point lisas Industrial Estate and free up the existing supply to the country. Their being down means that some of the normal supply will be diverted to the Estate.

[kemraj]

From a topic on my site i taught it was only for the area of Tabaquite but i now seeing its all over, btw Tabaquite will be affected for 3 weeks. This is bull sheit. http://www.trinifans.com/wasa-cutting-w ... t3215.html

[TRAE]

dem go wait till rainy season done to do this sh!t... wdmc does really be going on jed---- i hadda run out and buy flapping tank now

[kemraj]

I don't mind 1 week but 3 stinking weeks, how they doing this is it 2-3 weeks completely without water or at intervals?

[TRAE]

meh cousin say it go be more like 9 days and yuh might get water once or twice

[GoS]

how would i live my car would actually be dirty noooooooooooo " goes to buy all the tank by sws"

[kemraj]

If wasa used to fix all their leaks when people report them in a timely manner and not weeks then i would understand this but they are telling people to take this time to learn to conserve water is hog wash.

[pioneer]

woah kemraj

[HaRdCoRe_YoUtH]

Just a heads up prices (factory) are set to raise on tanks..

Well rotoplastics tanks.

[kevcam]

Water woes across T'dad

10-day shutdown of desal plants from January 15

SEVERAL areas across the country will be left without a steady supply of pipe-borne water as a result of the shutdown of two major desalination plants later this month.

Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) head of corporate communications Ellen Lewis said yesterday maintenance works are expected to be carried out on the Navet and Caroni desalination plants, hence the reason for the shutdown.

The shutdown will take place from January 15 to 24. A press release from WASA stated the shutdown was also part of WASA's Regional Dry Season Plan.

The plan will involve "re-allocation of supply from the Caroni Water Treatment Plant, managed diversion of supplies from other production facilities to supplement supply to certain areas of North, Central and South Trinidad, introduction of temporary supply schedules, system of storage at critical service reservoirs, increase in level of water trucking, leak management and system upgrades".

WASA has asked that consumers reduce water consumption, address leakage problems, and have a back-up supply of water.

Areas to be affected in South-East Trinidad will include St Julien, Hindustan, St Mary's, Buen Intento, Piparo, Mayo, Tableland, Malgretoute, Princes Town, Rio Claro, Brickfield, Tabaquite, Ben Lomond and Williamsville.

In the South-Western district, Cocoyea, Corinth, Ste Madeleine, Barrackpore, Rochard Road, Rock Road, Reform, Mon Stewart, Penal, Debe, La Fortune, Woodland, Gulf View, La Romaine, Phillipine, Palmiste, Duncan Village, Rousillac, La Brea, Vance River, Square Deal, Sobo, Vessigney, Union, Siparia, Erin, Robert Hill, Avocat, Fyzabad, Thick Village will be affected.

In the South-Central zone, water supply will be interrupted in Caroni, St Helena, Cunupia, Felicity, Las Lomas, Chaguanas, Carapichaima, Claxton Bay, Marabella, Gasparillo, Vistabella, Tarouba, San Fernando.

And in the North, Champs Fleurs, Santa Cruz, Cascade and Morvant will be inconvenienced.

Truck-borne water will be supplied to these areas during this period.

The desalination plants are owned by the Desalination Company of Trinidad and Tobago Limited (DESALCOTT).

Attempts to contact DESALCOTT yesterday were futile.

Anyone wishing to get in contact with WASA can call 800-4420 or 800-4426

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/Wat ... 05041.html

[nervewrecker]

dragon and thelem missed my point completely.

anyways, pressure to buss line here. All 7 tanks filled....

[Ted_v2]

dragon and thelem missed my point completely.

anyways, pressure to buss line here. All 7 tanks filled....

I know who I coming by for some water when mines finished

4 tanks here

[De Dragon]

dragon and thelem missed my point completely.

anyways, pressure to buss line here. All 7 tanks filled....

What point was that?