The Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) activated its 2026 Dry Season measures on Friday, outlining restrictions and water-saving initiatives for the public.
Director of the Authority’s Water Management Services, Anand Jaggernath, said WASA is looking forward to the forecasted rainfall.
“The January to March 2026 rainfall outlook indicates that we will have above normal rainfall amounts, right. So we’re expecting from January to March above normal. What does above normal means? Above normal means that we have greater than equal to 125% of the long term average.”
He added that the supply of water in the reservoirs across the country was more than adequate as the Dry Season began.
“Our largest impounded reservoir, the Caroni Arena, is at 100%. Other major impounded reservoirs, they are above their long term average and as we all notice, the beginning of the Dry Season is wetter than usual.”
Mr. Jaggernath noted that the Authority has put measures in place to ensure that all of its customers receive an adequate supply of water.
“We have access to 62 water trucks at the present time. Not all are utilised as the need arises they would be deployed and so forth. And to assist with this trucking initiative in a subsequent slide we will see where some storage sites will have been set up.”
With the country’s reservoirs above 90%, WASA promises a better than normal dry season.