WASA has made further adjustments to some water supply schedules.

In a statement, it says this was done in keeping with ongoing dry season mitigation measures and its 2024 Dry Season, Water Supply Management Plan.

According to the Authority, the heat, resultant dryness and lack of rainfall throughout the 2024 Dry Season, has caused an average daily loss of production of approximately 25 million gallons per day (mgd) or about 10% of its total daily production.

WASA says it has been enacting various aspects of its Water Supply Management Plan including: system adjustments along the transmission and distribution pipeline networks, amended schedules, the introduction of new groundwater sources in some areas, expanded water trucking service, as well as the implementation of water use restrictions and encouraging citizens conserve water through the “Value Every Drop” campaign.

It adds however that the ongoing intensity of Dry Season now requires further amendments to the water supply schedules

The adjustments will impact the following areas:

• Parts of North East served by the North Oropouche Water Treatment, due reduced production from 20 to 17 mgd
• Parts of South East and Central served by the Navet Water Treatment Plant, due to a drop in production from 19 to 16 mgd
• In Tobago – the Courland, Richmond, Kings Bay and Hillsborough West Water Treatment Plants have experienced a combined reduction in production from 4.6 to 2.7 mgd