Organization : Water & Sewerage Authority
Facility : License For Abstraction Application
Country : Trinidad & Tobago
Download Form LS 1 : https://www.statusin.org/uploads/42533-LS1.pdf
Website : https://www.wasa.gov.tt/WASA_Services_licenses_2.html
WASA License For Abstraction Application
Regulatory and Licensing Unit
Water Resources Agency
179-183 Eastern Main Road
Barartaria
Trinidad, West Indies
Related : WASA Trinidad & Tobago Application For Sewer Connection : www.statusin.org/42527.html
Phone: (868) 674-8535
Fax: (868) 638-5456
Surface Water Source
The Regulatory and Licensing Unit shall issue a license to abstract water from a surface water source subject to the following
** Completion of the application for license to abstract water from a surface source (Form LS 1).
** Payment of the administrative fee of $150.00 plus VAT.
** Submission of a map at an appropriate scale, showing the layout of the property and the proposed point of abstraction in the river channel.
** Completion of a field survey and a hydrological assessment by the Regulatory and Licensing Unit.
** Submission of a water quality analysis of the surface water source.
** Submission of a schematic diagram of the proposed structure for the diversion of water from the river channel (where applicable).
** Submission by wash plant operators, the schematic diagram of the established closed loop water recycling system as prescribed by the Minerals Act (2000) for the prevention of untreated effluent entering directly into water courses (where applicable).
** Submission of a copy of the license from the Ministry of Energy and Energy Industries permitting the operations of the quarry or wash plant.
** Approval of the application to abstract water from source.
** Submission of a copy of a license from the RIC for the provision of a supply of water or for distribution of water by a service provider.
** Submission of proof of interest in the land for which the purpose of the application relates.
Ground Water Source
The Regulatory and Licensing Unit shall issue a license to abstract water from a well subject to the following:
** Approval of the application to drill and construct private water well (where applicable) and the issue of a Driller’s License to the contracted drilling company.
** Completion of Application for license to abstract water from a well (Form LG 1.4).
** Submission of Well Completion Report (Form LG 1.3).
** Submission of water quality analysis from Quality Control Department of WASA, Public Health Department of the Ministry of Health or the Caribbean Industrial Research Institute (CARIRI).
** Installation of a flow meter approved by the Water and Sewerage Authority.
** Evidence of an application to the EMA for a trade effluent permit under the Water Pollution Rules (2005).
Procedures For Vendor Registration
** The Contractor pays a non-refundable fee of $25.00 +VAT to WASA’s Cashier.
** Receipt must be brought to the Supplies Management Department,
** Head Office, Farm Road, St. Joseph.
** A clerk will copy and record the potential contractor information and a registration package is given to the contractor to be completed and returned.
** On return of the registration package, a clerk will verify that all the relevant information is submitted.
** If all information is submitted a clerk creates a file and a number is assigned and the information is entered on the Supplier Registration Data Base and an acknowledgement letter is sent to the contractor.
Acknowledgement letters are in two forms :
** Acknowledgement
** Acknowledgement with a 6 months hold for services/goods that are over subscribed
** Site Visits are set up with a team of personnel, which includes individuals from Supplies Management Unit and from the User Department for that particular service.
** After the site visit is conducted, the file is sent to the Certification Committee for approval and subsequent signatures.
** After all signatures from the Certification Committee are acquired, it is sent to the Registration Committee for approval and signature.
** If approved a memo is sent to the Finance Department- Account Payable Section for assignment of a vendor number.
** If not approved, a letter is sent to the contractor stating non-approval.
** After the assignment of a vendor number, an approval letter is sent to the contractor indicating the services /goods registered and their vendor number.
** All the contractor information is now put on to our VBMS.