The current goal of the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to improve the level of service to

the customers of Trinidad and Tobago to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week has been a continuous

challenge. The reliability and efficiency of service provided by WASAs water distribution

network systems have been strained by limited water resources, old infrastructure, increasing

population and increasing commercial development. The Water and Sewerage Authority has in the

last few years rehabilitated a large percentage of its infrastructure including pipelines, pumps and

storage, intakes, dams and SCADA. Furthermore, maintaining and increasing the production

levels of water resources have been challenging due to the changing climate conditions.

The total population of Trinidad and Tobago based on the 2011 Population and Housing Census

was 1,328,019, which indicate a 5.2 percent increase (change in population size of 65,653) when

compared with a population size of 1,262,366 reported in the 2000 Census Report. Specifically in

the Northern Region, the Regional Corporation of Sangre Grande has a population of 75,766(2011)

The Tumpuna Piarco Regional Corporation has a population of 215,119 (2011) a

By the year 2025 the projected population of Trinidad and Tobago may reach

Reducing system loss (operations and maintenance);

however the discovery of new water sources to sustain the increasing customer demands has been

limited hampered

Year Population Population

 Growth Rate
per Annum
1990 1,213,733 1.2
2000 1,262,366 0.4
2011 1,328,019 0.5
2015 1,348,039
2025 1,416,978

The study has been based primarily on data available in existing reports (obtained from the Water

and Sewerage Authority, Central Statistical Office) and existing supply meter records.

WASAs Metering Section and Commercial Department

For design purposes the Water and Sewerage Authority (Systems Optimization Department,

Network Modeling Section) currently uses assumptions proposed in the Halcrow (2004) report,

where each customer is assigned a per capita consumption of 583 l/h.d which will include

domestic, minor industrial, commercial, institutional demands as well as unaccounted for water.

Report Halcrow 2004

Year 2004 2025
725 Ml/d 873 Ml/d

Existing Customers
The Water and Sewerage Authority can be classified as domestic and commercial , industrial,

agricultural demand

Existing Records

Existing water production and assumptions records are very limited because:

not all sources are metered, so the total production can only be limited

less than 2% of all customers have individually supplied meters

Total Production

North Oropouche Water Treatment Plant production capacity 91 Ml/day

One of the problems faced by Trinidad and Tobago Water Distribution Systems is the growing

population.

Water resources around the world are increasingly stressed by variability and long-term change in

the climate system as well as non-climate factors that result in growing competition for water

resources, transboundary water disputes, and increasing environmental flow requirements

(Frederick & Major, 1997; Lins & Stakhiv, 1998; UNESCO et al., 2012).

The use of ------------------- increase every year

Sangre Grande (2000) = 65680 64343

Sangre Grande (2011) = 75766

2004. Project memorandum on existing and future water demand. Sir William Halcrow & Patners
Ltd in association with CEP Ltd.