The Maraval River is a small river/mountain stream located on the west coast of the island of Trinidad.[1][2]

It runs for a length of 4.39 kilometres (3 mi) from its origins in the Northern Range to its river mouth at Port of Spain, where it enters the Gulf of Paria.

In the late 1850s a dam and filtration plant was constructed on the upper reaches of the Maraval River, and until the 1900s it served as Port of Spain's main drinking water supply.[3][4] In 1912 it was transferred to the Port-of-Spain Water Authority. It is currently the property of the Water and Sewerage Authority.[3]

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References

  1. ^ "Maraval River: Trinidad and Tobago". Geographic Names. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ United States. Office of Geography (1955). British West Indies and Bermuda; Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names. U.S. Government Printing Office. United States Board on Geographic Names. p. 138.
  3. ^ a b Bissessarsingh, Angelo (1 December 2013). "The Maraval Reservoir". Trinidad and Tobago Guardian. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ Richardson, Bonham C. (2005). Igniting the Caribbean's Past: Fire in British West Indian History. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807864081.

10°39′34″N 61°32′14″W / 10.65944°N 61.53722°W / 10.65944; -61.53722


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