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Shelter Belt Power Station down

Sep 07, 2008 News

– Situation to return to normalcy within a week – GWI
The main transmission line of the Shelterbelt Power Station is currently not in operation due to another rupture in the line.
As such, a number of surrounding communities are without water.
Only a few months ago, the main transmission line had to undergo emergency repairs at a cost of some $8 million, which was also due to a ruptured line.
Speaking with this newspaper on the issue, Director of Capital Investment and Planning of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Sizwe Jackson said that the water company has the situation under control.
Jackson said that GWI had to go through the challenge of importing a fitting for the line from Trinidad and Tobago in order for the power station to be fixed, which should not cost more than $200,000.
He noted that the fitting is already in the country, and within a week, residents in the affected areas can expect the water situation to return to normalcy.
Jackson said that these lines are very old and as such constant ruptures are expected.
He explained that as part of its capital investment plan, GWI has a pipe replacement program earmarked for Georgetown. So far, as part of this program, the water company has replaced some lines in South Ruimveldt, Prashad Nagar and West Ruimveldt among other areas.
To do a total pipe replacement in the upper part of Georgetown, Jackson said, would cost the company some $25 million.
In the meantime, he said that GWI is replacing those lines which they think are beyond repair and those that are visibly damaged and needs to be replaced.
During the rehabilitation of the Vlissengen Road pipelines, phase one of the project entailed the changing of lines from the Shelterbelt to the entrance of the Botanical Gardens.
The first phase had to be treated as an emergency, since the pipelines were over 100 years old and as a result there were many cracks in the lines, which created a water leakage.
As a result, the surrounding communities could not have accessed any water from the system.
It was explained that when the traffic lights were being implemented in the area, it further damaged the pipelines, and as such the $8 million emergency works were executed.

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