The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) wishes to update customers in parts of Point Fortin and La Brea, served by the Point Fortin Desalination Plant that, the facility was restarted at approximately 2:00 p.m. on Monday.

Plant Production is projected to be at full capacity of 5.6 million gallons per day by midnight tonight and the scheduled pipe-borne water supply to affected customers is expected to normalize in 24 hours thereafter.

This followed inspection of the underground electrical cable system at the facility, by Seven Seas Water (Trinidad) Unlimited, which owns and operates the Point Fortin Desalination Plant.

The cable system was flooded after the failure of a water tank at the Heritage Petroleum, Point Fortin Compound on Sunday.

Areas affected include:
Point Fortin proper, Parrylands, Cochrane, Mahaica, Lot 10, Savannah, Harriman Park, Clifton Hill, Reservoir Hill, Fanny Village, New Village, Salazar Trace, Pilgrim Street and environs, parts of Techier, Vance River, Merrimac, Vessigny, La Brea (up to the Pitch Lake).