{{Short description|River in Trinidad and Tobago}} thumb|Maraval River The '''Maraval River''' is a small river/mountain stream located on the west coast of the island of Trinidad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=-1958624&fid=6033&c=trinidad_and_tobago|title=Maraval River: Trinidad and Tobago|publisher=Geographic Names|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=British West Indies and Bermuda; Official Standard Names Approved by the United States Board on Geographic Names|others=United States Board on Geographic Names|author=United States. Office of Geography|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|date=1955|page=138}}</ref>
It runs for a length of {{convert|4.39|km|0}} 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.<ref name=TTG>{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.tt/article-6.2.411743.d761c60028|title=The Maraval Reservoir|newspaper=Trinidad and Tobago Guardian|first=Angelo|last=Bissessarsingh|date=1 December 2013|access-date=20 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Igniting the Caribbean's Past: Fire in British West Indian History|first=Bonham C.|last=Richardson|publisher=University of North Carolina Press|date=2005|isbn=9780807864081}}</ref> In 1912 it was transferred to the Port-of-Spain Water Authority. It is currently the property of the Water and Sewerage Authority.<ref name=TTG/>
== See also == * List of rivers in Trinidad and Tobago
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Category:Rivers of Trinidad and Tobago Category:Trinidad (island) Category:Gulf of Paria
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