Latest update December 17th, 2024 3:32 AM
GWI embarks on disconnection operation
A GWI employee works diligently to disconnect the illegal connection made by residents in the Tuschen area.
In an effort to get customers to pay their water rates and to conserve water, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has embarked on a disconnection operation on the West Coast and West Bank of Demerara.
While stressing that the operation is not a ‘disconnection campaign,’ Revenue Manager for GWI’s Pouderoyen Division, Silviena Harding-Charles, who led the operation in Tuschen, East Bank Essequibo, yesterday told Kaieteur News that the water company is simply appealing to consumers to regularise their service and to pay their bills.
Yesterday, two of four houses that were visited in Tuschen Housing Scheme by the disconnection crew got their water lines cut, given the fact that they were illegally connected.
GWI also got three police constables from the Leonora Police Station to accompany them on the operation in the event that persons decide to take the laws into their own hands.
At Lot 2236, Wilfred Anderson got his water service disconnected because he was not registered in GWI’s system and has never paid a water bill.
But Anderson told this newspaper that he is renting the house from a man in the area and only moved in approximately two months ago.
The man was not aware that the service was not registered with GWI. He now has to face the music.
Lot 574 in the same community got their water lines disconnected approximately two weeks ago since they were also illegally connected. When the GWI crew visited the home yesterday, the line was not reconnected, as the occupants of the home claimed that they depend on water from their neighbours and the rain.
The tenants of Lot 2303 were also illegally connected and as such, their service was disconnected. But although there was an illegal connection at Lot 2395, their service was not disconnected, since the occupant of the house at that time displayed a letter to the Revenue Manager indicating that the service was registered and paid for.
But Kaieteur News understands that the service was not set up by anyone from GWI.
However, the occupant was urged to visit GWI’s office in order to get the service regularised.
The Revenue Manager explained that GWI has no intentions to launch a disconnection campaign, as she noted that outreaches will be held in various communities on the West Coast and West Bank of Demerara in order to encourage persons to pay their water rates.
According to Charles, there are payment plans available for those persons who cannot afford to pay the full bill.
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