WASA Thread ...

[redmanjp]

watson duke did want action to be taken today

[Rovin]

man say is colon cleanser ....

https://www.facebook.com/djsheriff3/vid ... 6622223601

[nervewrecker]

Water out the tap looks like orange juice right now

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this is probably the reason why

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Probably their way of saying we out of alum and polymer. If im not mistaken, during my field trip to the plant they informed us that the plant capable of handling just about mud.

[nervewrecker]

influent stream on that day plus polymer and alum addition process.

[Rovin]

SOURCE OF WATER WOES FOUND

The Water and Sewerage Authority (the Authority) advises customers served by the
Caroni Water Treatment Plant that, it began the process of restarting operations at the
facility at 1:00 p.m. today. This followed abnormally high
turbidity in the Caroni River, which appeared to be due to an illegal discharge upstream
of the intake to the plant. As at 5 p.m. today, the production rate was 45 million
gallons daily (mgd), as compared to a capacity of 75 mgd.
Subsequent inspection of the river revealed the source of the discharge to be in the
Manuel Congo area in the vicinity of the compound of Harry Persad and Sons Limited,
where large amounts of silt were being discharged into the Guanapo River, a tributary
to the Caroni River. The Authority has reported the matter to the relevant authorities
for necessary action and is also reviewing its legal options in the matter.
Customers are further advised that it may take up to 48 hours for the pipe borne water
supply to normalize to some areas in keeping with established water supply schedules,
after the plant returns to full production.

https://www.facebook.com/ExpressNewspap ... 6997124307

[DMan7]

Looks like we might be out of Polymer and Alum and WASA out of money to buy it. Prepare for more Orange Juice water.

[nervewrecker]

SOURCE OF WATER WOES FOUND

The Water and Sewerage Authority (the Authority) advises customers served by the
Caroni Water Treatment Plant that, it began the process of restarting operations at the
facility at 1:00 p.m. today. This followed abnormally high
turbidity in the Caroni River, which appeared to be due to an illegal discharge upstream
of the intake to the plant. As at 5 p.m. today, the production rate was 45 million
gallons daily (mgd), as compared to a capacity of 75 mgd.
Subsequent inspection of the river revealed the source of the discharge to be in the
Manuel Congo area in the vicinity of the compound of Harry Persad and Sons Limited,
where large amounts of silt were being discharged into the Guanapo River, a tributary
to the Caroni River. The Authority has reported the matter to the relevant authorities
for necessary action and is also reviewing its legal options in the matter.
Customers are further advised that it may take up to 48 hours for the pipe borne water
supply to normalize to some areas in keeping with established water supply schedules,
after the plant returns to full production.

https://www.facebook.com/ExpressNewspap ... 6997124307

Harry gunna pull and A&V now? because last I heard in class you cant call name because it can be anyone who discharging illegally into the waterway so without hard evidence you cannot call names without risk of being sued.

[pugboy]

Anybody ever get lockup for illegal quarrying yet ?
Asking for a friend

[shake d livin wake d dead]

Anybody ever get lockup for illegal quarrying yet ?
Asking for a friend

One man make ah few millions off the state already. That one man so bad, he selling illegal aggregate back to the govt...he is literally the owner of Sangre Grande...

Anyways, back to the topic...I glad I living in the bush, my water does never look like mauby

[pugboy]

only a few

Anybody ever get lockup for illegal quarrying yet ?
Asking for a friend

One man make ah few millions off the state already. That one man so bad, he selling illegal aggregate back to the govt...he is literally the owner of Sangre Grande...

Anyways, back to the topic...I glad I living in the bush, my water does never look like mauby

[timelapse]

Now I wondering if this is why Greenvale got flooded.Ema not supposed to be monitoring these things or Drainage? Another instance of big businessmen doing whatever they please.Some years back, Ian Alleyne Guyanese pardna completely blocked a river by me and caused the whole area to flood.It literally had fellas driving a pirogue through my street.The councilor organise and get the blockage removed and homeboy vex and sending threats.I wonder what does be going on in dem fellas head

SOURCE OF WATER WOES FOUND

The Water and Sewerage Authority (the Authority) advises customers served by the
Caroni Water Treatment Plant that, it began the process of restarting operations at the
facility at 1:00 p.m. today. This followed abnormally high
turbidity in the Caroni River, which appeared to be due to an illegal discharge upstream
of the intake to the plant. As at 5 p.m. today, the production rate was 45 million
gallons daily (mgd), as compared to a capacity of 75 mgd.
Subsequent inspection of the river revealed the source of the discharge to be in the
Manuel Congo area in the vicinity of the compound of Harry Persad and Sons Limited,
where large amounts of silt were being discharged into the Guanapo River, a tributary
to the Caroni River. The Authority has reported the matter to the relevant authorities
for necessary action and is also reviewing its legal options in the matter.
Customers are further advised that it may take up to 48 hours for the pipe borne water
supply to normalize to some areas in keeping with established water supply schedules,
after the plant returns to full production.

https://www.facebook.com/ExpressNewspap ... 6997124307

[pugboy]

nah greenvale is a known low spot from long time
people from san raphael say they surprised it never flood so before.
the river makes a bend right behind there

[Rovin]

makes u wonder how d F wasa does supply water , is like they does take it from d drain put some chlorine in it & pump it into ppl pipes

ent they suppose to do multiple stages of filtering , boiling\steaming or some kinda osmosis ? ...

[pugboy]

so who is the contractor dumping slush in river ?

[Dave]

Harry Persad and Sons allegedly

[timelapse]

All the more reason NOT to dump rubbish in the river.

nah greenvale is a known low spot from long time
people from san raphael say they surprised it never flood so before.
the river makes a bend right behind there

[cornfused]

What are the rivers that feed the Caroni Water treatment plant ?

This could be the worst set up for water treatment. The water is transported from Arena in an open water way .

One simple fix that would reduce these occurrences is to pipe the water from area to the plant. Not all as over the years some communities on the water way may depend on the water for irrigation.

That said we spending how much on treatment and a piped supply would be so much more effective and efficient as has been done with other water sources.

[Dizzy28]

What are the rivers that feed the Caroni Water treatment plant ?

This could be the worst set up for water treatment. The water is transported from Arena in an open water way .

One simple fix that would reduce these occurrences is to pipe the water from area to the plant. Not all as over the years some communities on the water way may depend on the water for irrigation.

That said we spending how much on treatment and a piped supply would be so much more effective and efficient as has been done with other water sources.

The Caroni plant gets its water from the Caroni River which is fed by a number of rivers (above). They also release water from the Arena dam into the Arena River where it finds its way to the Caroni eventually.

[Rovin]

this is really wasa ? , wtf ...

[Numb3r4]

Duke was right WASA workers really working.

Explain the guy with the bucket, shouldn't they have had a pump?
Where is OSHA in all this?

Is this part of the Aquatic Centre?
Couldn't they have shut off the water first?

How is it with 400+ managers this still happening who was managing this?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

Cabinet report: WASA overstaffed by 3,000 employees

One of the first tasks of the interim management team to restructure the Water and Sewerage Authority will be to revert to the approved organisational structure, which will mean weaning off more than half of its 4,800 workforce.

It will also significantly streamline the management structure.

According to the report of the Cabinet sub-committee which was appointed to review the operations of WASA the organisation is operating in excess of the 1999 Cabinet-approved structure by more than 3,152 employees.

https://newsday.co.tt/2021/03/07/cabine ... employees/

[agent007]

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

[pugboy]

even if they cut the bobol fat
they still need plenty money to fix the aging leaking infrastructure
also other things need to be done like proper metering and of course new pipeline distribution to new areas

believe it or not the actual processing/purification of our water is probably the least problematic.

as it is wasa is basically an all you can eat restaurant which has no idea how much food is being consumed and/or wasted when being taken from the kitchen to the serving area even before customers buy the food, a hell of a thing indeed.

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

[Duane 3NE 2NR]

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

Imagine the severance they will have to pay

[agent007]

^^i WhatsApp someone I know in there who just purchased a new car. He told me that he has a strong feeling he would be axed eventually. All he cares about is the severance to pay off his car loan cause he still living by his mom. So cutting the trim in half will result in an additional expense of at least a hundred mil I’m sure.

[zoom rader]

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

Imagine the severance they will have to pay

It's only two weeks pay for every year worked.

[daring dragoon]

they dont have to pay anyting. wasa in a hole and with enough spinning they can get out of paying severance. TONY LEE KONG did the same to his employees in 2008, fire all 20+, declare bankruptcy after moving the company to a paper company after said employees completed a 20 million $ project in omera. if they make wasa a "name" that buys or rent everything from a new formed company, lets say 'water distribution company' and the paper company owns NOTHING but hires 3000 extra staff and do not have the extra money to pay severance the matter can be in court for years and workers get nothing.

[Numb3r4]

Did Petrotrin workers get severance?

I know that many lost their heathcare with no recourse just silence.

Actually felt sorry for them you could hear it in their voices when they spoke about it.
It really sounded sad.

I'm wondering if WASA would be going the same way?

[Dizzy28]

I'm sure the unionised workers have a better provision than that in their collective agreements.

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

Imagine the severance they will have to pay

It's only two weeks pay for every year worked.

[De Dragon]

I'm sure the unionised workers have a better provision than that in their collective agreements.

So if they trim the fat and save $40M a month as a consequence, would they freeze rates and not have customers pay for their mismanagement? Or would they still increase rates and use that revenue stream once allocated for salaries to pay back their enormous multi billion dollar debt?

Imagine the severance they will have to pay

It's only two weeks pay for every year worked.

Best practice companies do 1 month per year of service.