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Water Security
40.
The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) initiated the invitation of bids to improve
the level of water supply to customers in Tobago under the under mentioned projects:
•
upgrade of Charlotteville Intake
•
Refurbishment of Courland Water Treatment Plant
•
Upgrade of Transmission Network
•
Installation of transmission mains from Englishmen’s Bay to Castara and Hope to
Bacolet
41.
Letters of award were also issued for the collective replacement of 10km of distribution
pipeline in areas of South West, Tobago. Upgrade works to transmission networks is in progress
as replacement and upgrade of undersized and/or leaking mains are being undertaken throughout
areas of Top Hill Road to Blue Waters and Lucyvale. Pipeline installation from Englishman Bay
to Castara was completed during the first quarter of fiscal year 2013.
Sewerage
42.
Although an allocation of $9 million was provided for WASA to implement rehabilitative
works to wastewater services in Tobago, no expenditure was recorded for works in respect of the
Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Plant and the South West Sewerage Upgrade. However,
documents have been prepared to invite tenders to commence the under mentioned activities:
•
procurement of consultancy services to design a sewer connection system for the
Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Plant under the Tobago Wastewater System
Phase I project
•
rehabilitation works at the Scarborough Wastewater Treatment Plant
