A Sustainable Future for Trinidad’s Wastewater Infrastructure

摘要

Trinidad and Tobago, an island republic in the southern Caribbean, is pursuing developed nationstatus by the year 2020. Aware that functional and well-maintained infrastructure is a majorfactor in this goal, the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) of Trinidad and Tobago recentlycommissioned a Master Plan Study for national wastewater services. Health, prosperity, andsocial progress in any country are, to a great extent, dependent on cleanliness.One initiative of the government of Trinidad and Tobago is to provide wastewater collection andtreatment to 75 percent of the population. A second expressed desire of the government was tohave the utility sector be modern, customer oriented and technologically enabled to provideefficient, cost effective, quality services to all citizens. Satisfying these goals for Trinidad’ssecond-largest city, San Fernando, can lead the way in achieving results for all of Trinidad, andprovide a sustainable pattern for continued improvement of facilities and infrastructure. Thispaper will describe the design of an integrated wastewater collection system and tertiarywastewater treatment plant to serve the city of San Fernando and its environs.