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Irrigation water becomes scarce in Essequibo

Feb 09, 2016 News

With little or no water remaining in the conservancy, the Region Two (Pomeroon/Supenaam) Administration is doing its best to facilitate farmers in the Region with whatever irrigation water is left in the system.
Regional Vice Chairman, Nandranie Coonjah, said that while water is being obtained from the Tapakuma Irrigation project scheme (DAWA) to assist farmers who would have already cultivated their crops, the irrigation water continues to become gradually depleted. Very soon the Region would have to stop pumping water from DAWA.
Coonjah said the current situation is also affecting some residents in the Pomeroon River. She said that when water is been pumped from DAWA, Pomeroon residents would receive water which has a high level of salinity (salt water) in it which would further pose a threat to their farms.
In some areas in the Region the water levels have dropped significantly raising concerns but experiencing a prolonged episode of dry spell, there is not much that can be done by the Region.
Rice cultivation in the Region in some areas is at an advanced state of cultivation. In a month’s time, rice would begin to flower. Farmers and other Essequibians grasped at the “Public Day meeting”, which was observed recently to highlight their concerns to government officials.
Rice farmer, Ishu Dyal of Dunkel, Essequibo said that his 17 acres of rice field has been affected by “salt water.” (Yannason Duncan)

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