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WASA still adrift
Sunday 21 February 2021
In this file photo, WASA workers on the job in Belmont repairing a broken water main. - Jeff Mayers
At a meeting of the Joint Select Committee on Land and Physical Infrastructure on Wednesday, chairman Deoroop Teemal made the startling observation that of the eight top posts at the Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA), seven were held by executives acting in the roles.
That begins at the head. WASA CEO Alan Poon King acknowledged that he had been acting in the position since December 2018.
It isn t possible to unyoke the authority s ongoing problems with water management from the apparent lack of confidence in its institutional management.