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$12M repairs scheduled for Shelterbelt Power Station

Sep 18, 2008 News

Repairs are still ongoing on the damaged Shelterbelt Power Station, which has been out of operation for over one week now.
Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Water Incorporated, Karan Singh, said that the company is now awaiting the arrival of two replacement bands, which should arrive in the country today.
Singh noted that once these pieces of material arrive, then the water situation, which is affecting residents in the surrounding areas, is expected to return to normalcy by this weekend.
The main transmission line of the station is not in operation due to another rupture in the line. Only a few months ago, the transmission line had to undergo emergency repairs at a cost of some $8 million, which was also due to a ruptured line.
Singh explained that these lines are more than 60 years old and as such these constant repairs are expected.
He noted that if a part of the line is repaired, then the pressure of the water will automatically increase, but at the same time that pressure would damage the older lines and that is why most of the time, there are constant breakages in the lines. Taking this into consideration, he revealed that $12 million in emergency repairs should commence by mid-October.
The request has already been sent to the tender board and the water company is now awaiting its permission to go ahead and execute the work.
Kaieteur News understands that as part of the capital investment programme of the water company, GWI has a pipe replacement programme in place for Georgetown.
So far in this programme 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 would cost the company some $25 million.
In the meantime, GWI is replacing those lines that they think are beyond repairs and those that are visibly damaged and need to be replaced.
During the rehabilitation of the Vlissengen Road pipelines, one phase of the project entailed the changing of lines between Shelterbelt and 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 installed in the area, the programme further damaged the pipelines, necessitating $8 million in emergency works.

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