MP Khadijah Ameen calls on WASA to provide truck borne water to residents

The Member of Parliament for St. Augustine, Ms. Khadijah Ameen is calling on the Water and Sewage Authority (WASA) to provide an adequate supply of truck borne water to residents in the constituency. The calls come after reports and videos of a ruptured main along the Churchill Roosevelt Highway in the vicinity of the Kaydonna Roundabout. This rupture has resulted in the entire Caroni North system being isolated.

The Water and Sewage Authority is also doing repairs to the 16” diameter pipeline at the corner of Centenary Street and the corner of the Churchill Roosevelt Highway leaving Pasea Extension, Centenary Extension, Picton Extension, parts of St. Augustine, parts of Curepe, Macoya Extension and the Macoya Industrial Estate without water. Given these two different developments, it is crucial that WASA provide truck borne water to residents and to the schools in the area while repairs are being conducted. The common practice seems to be that there is at least a one week wait for delivery of truck borne water after a customer makes a request; however given the circumstances and the population density of the affected area, MP Ameen is appealing for the necessary supplemental resources.