The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) is denying that they have victimized residents of Sangre Grande as a video which is being circulated on social media has suggested. In a statement WASA said:

“Whilst we acknowledge that there were challenges over the holiday weekend within the Sangre Grande area, politics played no part in the distribution of water in the affected communities. In the week prior to the Christmas holiday, mechanical problems developed at the Authority’s North Oropouche Water Treatment Plant, located in the Valencia area. Workers were immediately mobilized to effect repairs, so as to restore a supply as quickly as possible to the affected residents.”

They said that steps were also taken to implement various measures to assist customers in the affected areas.
“Some of these mitigating steps included adjusting the scheduled supply to affected areas and environs, as well as implementing an expanded truck borne water service. The actual steps to be taken to fully address this matter were operational in nature and not influenced by anyone at the Ministry of Public Utilities.”