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The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) has taken a hands off approach into the treating of effluent discharges of Angostura Ltd. In fact, Sunday Guardian has learnt that Angostura Ltd is set to commence discussions with a
contractor in relation to the construction of a plant to treat its own discharges.
Almost one year after completion, in the middle of a severe drought a $25 million Water Treatment Plant installed at Cumuto remains empty.
The two massive tanks were installed to treat and distribute four million gallons of water per day—to users in Cumuto and environs—with supplies from wells. However, a Sunday Guardian investigation reveals that to date, sinking of the wells, which was supposed to supply the tanks with water, has come to a halt. The project, which began in June of 2006 and was expected to take 15 months to be done, is yet to be completed. The treatment plant was built by Uem Gem Ltd, while another company was responsible for sinking the wells.
Asked if the plant was operative, one worker who requested anonymity replied: “There is no water so obviously the plant cannot operate. If there is no water the plant cannot work.” The handful of residents in the community believe their complaints for water have fallen on deaf ears.
Source: The Guardian, Trinidad & Tobago, 12 July 2010
Trinidad & Tobago’s water and sewerage authority (WASA) is considering a clampdown on bottled water companies in the light of the drought affecting the country. If the water shortage worsens, WASA will suspend water extraction from wells used by bottled water firms
Read full article on: BNamericas.com [subscription site], 18 Mar 2010
The Petroleum Company of TT (Petrotrin) uses over 4.5 million gallons of water per day for the cooling of machinery necessary for oil production, but it’s coping with the nation’s water shortage.
Petrotrin president Kenneth Allum said the State company was pulling water from all sources to meet with its day to day operations.
“We are managing as best as we can and we still have our plants running and producing the products that the country needs,” said Allum, during an interview at the Hyatt Regency Trinidad yesterday. Allum was at the Ministry of Energy’s bid for seven shallow water and 39 deep water blocks for oil and natural gas exploration. “We get water from all the sources that we can get and we have enough sources to supply us until the rains come,” he added.
Checks with Water and Sewerage Authority’s (WASA) general manager of communications Ellen Lewis, yesterday revealed Petrotrin was granted a licence to extract one million gallons of water from the downstream of the Caroni River.
According to Lewis, the company was also given a licence to take 1.5 million gallons of treated waste water from WASA’s treatment plant off the Beetham Highway. Allum denied the water shortage was causing a shut down of machinery at the Pointe-a-Pierre refinery. “I don’t know. I don’t know who is telling you this,” he said.
Source: Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsd@y, 8 April 2010.
The government of Trinidad & Tobago has appointed a special committee to coordinate the restructuring of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA). [...] The operation aims to remove wastewater management from WASA’s responsibility and transfer it to the Solid Waste Management Company (SWMCOL). In turn, SWMCOL would hand over management of the community environmental protection and enhancement program, which is expected to be administered by a company established specifically for that purpose.
Source: BNamericas [subscription site], 02 Mar 2009
Dr Joth Singh (EMA), presents T&T's first ever Water Pollution Permit to Carib Glassworks Ltd managing director, Roger Mew. Photo: Dilip Singh
Trinidad & Tobago’s Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), quarry operators and petrochemical companies are the main water polluters in the country, managing director of the Environmental Management Authority (EMA), Joth Singh was quoted as saying by paper the Trinidad Guardian. EMA and WASA are working to address this concern [and also plan to] work with petrochemical companies and quarry operators to reduce pollution.
EMA has implemented water pollution permits [or WPRs, which are valid for 5 years] to get companies to reduce both volumes and concentrations of pollutants discharged in their wastewater. [...] WPRs [are intended] to improve the overall quality of water in the nation’s rivers, swamps, aquifers and coastal areas.
Source: BNamericas [subscription site], 26 Feb 2009
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