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WASA restructuring a three-year project

THE Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) will take at least three years to transform from a money-sucking entity to self-sufficiency, Public Utilities Minister Marvin Gonzales said on Wednesday. Gonzales had just commissioned the upgrade of the Pitch Road, Morvant booster station. He said WASA's restructuring is still in the planning stages, with a report expected to be completed at the end of this week and presented to a Cabinet sub-committee charged with WASA's revamp. 'The transition into this new water […]

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