THE PLUMBERS’ ASSOCIATION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO At the Public Service since 1998.
13 BELMONT CIRCULAR ROAD, BELMONT, P.O.S Telephone: 627-6740/623-0720/298-5527 Fax: 624-9162 E-mail: tpattcorres@gmail.com
5th June, 2011
PRESS RELEASE The Editor, THE PLUMBERS ASSOCIA TION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (TPATT) finds itself in great difficulty to stay muted on the sidelines , while the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) General Manager, Corporate Communications, Ms. Ellen Lewis, issues a statement to the print media which appeared in the Newsday of June 3 r d , 2011 under the caption ‘No WASA Mistake’. WASA has forced TPATT to respond to the statement, which our Association views as misleading, to do otherwise will be a disservice to our members of the Plumbing profession, the Engineering Fraternity, the Construction Industry and by extension the general public. TPATT wishes to respond under the following rubric: WASA’s statement: ‘The position of Manager New Services currently held by Ms . Carol Dos Santos does not require either a background or qualification in engineering. ’ TPATT’s response: From the inception of the Authority in 1965, a department was established with the responsibility to: 1. Check, approve, inspect and c ertify Engineering Designs of Water Reticulation and Wastewater systems 2. Check, approve, inspect and c ertify Plumbing System Designs of Domestic, Commercial, Industrial a nd Institutional buildings The department was formerly entitled Investigations, Designs and Construction , and is now called the New Services Department . These Departments have always been managed by an Engineer , until about a year ago when the qualified and highly trained holders of specific technical info rmation were removed en masse from the department under strange circumstances.
To promote competency, and professionalism, in the Plumbing Industry; to safeguard and protect the environment, and the health of our twin -island Republic.