Hotel guests forced to wash with pool water

Some guests at Ambassador Hotel in Long Circular, St James, were yesterday forced to wash with water from the hotel’s pool, while the Water and Sewerage and Authority (WASA) worked outside to bring the building’s taps to life.

A hotel representative last evening told the Express that water issues have plagued the property almost since its construction. The situation is said to have degenerated over time, to a point where there was seldom water in the pipes.

Under normal circumstances, the hotel is able to provide water for guests with truckborne water. However, with the heightened attendance of the Carnival season and the heightened water woes due to a harsh dry season, the truckborne supply fell short-leaving some irate guests to resort to bathing either by carrying buckets of pool water into the pool showering area or by going for a swim.

’This hotel has been fighting for years to get a proper water supply. We had gone through Government ministers and top executives in WASA, with nothing happening,’ the representative said.

Around 11 a.m. yesterday, a WASA team switched the hotel’s connection line to one with higher pressure, as the previous connection had failed to make it up the incline on which the hotel is built.

’We are happy that WASA has finally dealt with the problem. We have been told that once all the relevant valves have been tweaked, we will see water in the pipes tonight (last night),’ the hotel representative said. (Trinidad Express)