During campaigning in the run-up to the November 25, 2007 General Election, Prime Minister Patrick Manning used the issue of water desalination plants as a means of solving water problems being experienced in certain parts of the country.
During a post Cabinet briefing on September 18, Abdul-Hamid noted the Government would bring in an “advisor” to aid in the setting up of five new plants. “First of all, we propose to hire an independent procurement expert with experience in management, construction, operating and owning and maintaining desalination plants, as well as waste-water treatment plants, drinking water treatment plants and construction of water-transmission networks.”
Hamid assured that “companies were being sought to design, build, own and operate the desalination plants with the companies then selling water to Government. “We sent out requests for information…we expect to have our contracts awarded somewhere in March of 2009,” Abdul- Hamid said.
A worker, who spoke on the basis of anonymity, boasted that water produced by the desalination plant was capable of producing water which exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. [strange, how this anonymous ‘worker’ is unconcerned about his ‘needs’ and ‘rights’ to water or his future job prospects and increase in water bill].
He [the worker] explained further “that water purity standards, measured on the nephelolometric turbidity units (NTU) scale (which is a universal water standard set out by the WHO) usually rank potable water as having an ntu rating of below five units”.
He [the worker] said the water produced by the new desalination plant was capable of producing water at below .15 ntu. “The final quality of this water is better than most bottled water,” the worker boasted. [the worker “boasted”?] – Truth Drummers wonder how the Korean desalination plant water quality squares up with the once pristine and mineral rich water of the Northern Range, before becoming silted up with quarry run-off. Read below our proof of ‘anti-sustainable development’ using the quarry and water sectors as evidence…
During a post Cabinet briefing on September 18, Abdul-Hamid noted the Government would bring in an “advisor” to aid in the setting up of five new plants. “First of all, we propose to hire an independent procurement expert with experience in management, construction, operating and owning and maintaining desalination plants, as well as waste-water treatment plants, drinking water treatment plants and construction of water-transmission networks.”
Hamid assured that “companies were being sought to design, build, own and operate the desalination plants with the companies then selling water to Government. “We sent out requests for information…we expect to have our contracts awarded somewhere in March of 2009,” Abdul- Hamid said.
A worker, who spoke on the basis of anonymity, boasted that water produced by the desalination plant was capable of producing water which exceeds World Health Organisation (WHO) standards. [strange, how this anonymous ‘worker’ is unconcerned about his ‘needs’ and ‘rights’ to water or his future job prospects and increase in water bill].
He [the worker] explained further “that water purity standards, measured on the nephelolometric turbidity units (NTU) scale (which is a universal water standard set out by the WHO) usually rank potable water as having an ntu rating of below five units”.
He [the worker] said the water produced by the new desalination plant was capable of producing water at below .15 ntu. “The final quality of this water is better than most bottled water,” the worker boasted. [the worker “boasted”?] – Truth Drummers wonder how the Korean desalination plant water quality squares up with the once pristine and mineral rich water of the Northern Range, before becoming silted up with quarry run-off. Read below our proof of ‘anti-sustainable development’ using the quarry and water sectors as evidence…
Have you ever noticed that the places that get water are the "convenient" places or the places closest to a main hub like Port of Spain, Chaguanas, and San Fernando?? Do you notice that immediately surrounding these hubs are "residential areas". You never hear people from Westmoorings or Lange Park or Palmiste/Gulf View protesting for water. As we move away from the cities in concentric circle the situation seems familiar; no water at all, water twice or once a weak in the wee hours of the morning to make things worse. How long has WASA been around? In the year 2009, shouts of pride are being heard that Barrackpore will be getting water soon..Is it that Barrackpore was recently discovered to be a place in Trinidad? My point is simply this; WASA, you are the government-owned water company of Trinidad and Tobago. Unlike cell phone companies, we do not have a choice. How about doing the job correctly the first time to prevent repetitive repairs to valves and lines. What about Quality control and monitoring with regards to repair projects and new projects. Implement a more transparent HR department so that less money is spent on ghost gangs who as a result of little experience and knowledge go about doing the job the wrong way hence inducing the repairing redundancy. All the time and money saved from taking these simple steps can therefore be used take the steps necessary to bring water to more places in this country.---kdd
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