GWI moves to curb water wastage

Sep 01, 2008 News

As consumers continue to waste water on a daily basis, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has implemented some measures with the hope of effectively tackling the issue.
Director of Capital Investment and Planning, Sizwe Jackson, told this newspaper that water wastage continues to be an ongoing problem for the water company, and, as such, GWI has moved to implement a total of 15,000 new water meters countrywide.
So far, approximately 6,000 of these meters have already been implemented.
Jackson said that with this new step taken by GWI, it is expected that consumers will learn to conserve water, since, if it is wasted, they will be billed and have to pay more.
The water company has also moved to upgrade 12,000 of its service connections, which is the pipeline that runs from the GWI main line to the homes of consumers. According to Jackson, GWI will put in galvanized pipes so as to make it more robust, since it was found that 80 percent of leaks occur on the line.
Jackson explained that with the galvanized pipes in place, it would protect the main, so that it cannot be easily damaged by persons who weed and do constant drainage works. So far, a total of 4,000 of those pipes have been upgraded by the water company.
Meanwhile, as it relates to consumers paying their water rates, Jackson noted that August has been a very bad month for GWI, as the company did not receive its usual revenue.
He explained that, for last month, the water company only received approximately $100 million in revenue from its consumers, in contrast to $220 million in previous months.
However, Jackson did acknowledge that GWI has performed better this year, as compared to last year, as it relates to collecting its water rates.
Recently, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh, had said that many Guyanese continue to waste water despite the water company pleading with the public to conserve water.
The CEO had noted that Guyanese are very indisciplined when it comes to the use of water. He urged for everyone to work collaboratively with the water company in order to improve the service.

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