In ‘dry’ La Vega water is for drinking and cooking

Published: 11 Feb 2010

In my rural community we have been having dry taps for decades, since our water supply has always been rationed by the Water and Sewage Authority (WASA), although we pay our bills on time. We don’t know what it is like to leave a tap running while we take care of our personal hygiene. We definitely don’t know what it is like to use a garden hose to water plants and wash our cars or even clean (with high-pressured water hoses) concreted and paved surfaces with water. I can see now why we in this rural community were given less water.

Instead it flowed plentiful in the taps of the people living in the “concrete jungle,” which is where most of the upper class in society resides. These people wasted and continue to waste this precious resource (drinking water) in the cleaning and maintenance of their surroundings. Aren’t they aware that there are other people who depend on a supply of water from WASA for simply drinking, cooking and taking care of personal hygiene? Unlike the rich in society, we actually use our tap water for quenching our thirst, since we cannot afford the luxury of bottled/purified or mineral water. Jennifer Khan La Vega Source: http://guardian.co.tt/commentary/letters/2010/02/11/dry-la-vega-water-drinking-and-cooking