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Trinidad and Tobago’s worst drought ever

Port of Spain, Mar 5 (Prensa Latina) The Director of Operations of the Water and Sewerage Authority Shaira Ali warned on Tuesday that Trinidad and Tobago has been experiencing its worst drought ever.

According to Ali’s statements cited by Newsday, the Navet and Caroni-Arena dams, as well as the Hollis and Hillsborough reservoirs, the latter on the island of Tobago, are severely affected; thus, the entity has had to review and readjust its supply programs.

The purpose is to maintain and provide a stable, efficient and equitable supply of that resource, even amid extreme heat and drought conditions, Ali assured at a press conference at the Caroni Water Treatment Plant in Saint Helena.

There will be a temporary schedule and a hosepipe ban that will be in force from midnight until June 30, the directed informed as he urged the population to save water.

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