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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