GWI to tighten connections in several East Bank E’bo areas

Jun 10, 2009 News

Having put measures in place to restore the provision of quality water supply to several East Bank Essequibo villages, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is now on a campaign to tighten the network.

Acting Chief Executive of GWI, Yuri Chandisingh, made this disclosure during a recent press conference.

The areas of Vergenogen, Tuschen and Zeelugt were given particular focus of recent, since residents there were experiencing tremendous hardship to obtain potable water. According to Chandisingh the hardship over the past three weeks resulted after an aged operating well which serviced the areas had a depleted production level thus was unable to meet the demand of the residents.

The Chief Executive said that teams from GWI had gone into the affected areas on a number of occasions during the crisis to speak with residents and to advise them of plans for the area.

The water company had also provided relief via water tankers that delivered water to residents.

However, Chandisingh said, “We are still working in the area to further tighten the network.” He related that because some persons had disconnected their service line during the crisis period to get any water remaining in the line “we have to go into those areas to fix the system so that residents who may still be experiencing some level of service problems will get an improved delivery.”

GWI recently commenced a countrywide campaign to reduce tampering of GWI’s pertinence and has been able to identify more than 100 persons that either have illegal connections or have tampered with their water meters. The identification of these persons Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali, said comes as part of GWI campaign to put an end to the unscrupulous activity, which is especially prevalent in the squatting areas.

According to the Minister, GWI will be working closely with the police who will bring charges against such persons.

The situation is also expected to be addressed with some 10 thousand water meters and boxes that will be procured this year as part of GWI’s quest to reduce non-revenue water and to improve efficiency and transparency in the system.

Minister Ali noted that the implements would serve to facilitate the GWI metering programme, which represents one of the measures detailed in the government’s strategic plan to improve the delivery of water to customers.

Accordingly, the Minister disclosed that Government is funding the intervention which is expected to cost about $139M.

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