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Fire Service personnel caught helping water company to access hydrant illegally
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is reminding the general public that tampering with its infrastructure is punishable by law. This reminder comes in light of a recent discovery that a water company, Arctic Waters, has been filling its approximately 10,000 gallon capacity truck with water from a fire hydrant for sale to its customers.
Officials from GWI on Saturday witnessed the company doing so from a fire hydrant located in Garnett Street, Kitty, Georgetown.
“Arctic Waters, in committing such action, has evaded paying some $6,750 per tank of water and the utility will be taking strict actions against them for this illegal activity,” the state-owned water company said Saturday in a statement.
The photos were snapped by GWI staffers who caught the water company accessing the hydrant illegally with the help of personnel from the Guyana Fire Service.
It appears that at least one fireman helped in accessing the water via the hydrant.
“GWI also takes this opportunity,” the statement noted, “to condemn the actions of rogue officers within the Guyana Fire Service (GFS) who seek to condone and assist in such activities, as was also witnessed by officials from the utility. Fire hydrants exist only for use in the event of a fire and emergency cases where GWI sees fit based on its own assessment. Tampering with GWI’s infrastructure attracts a fine of $30,000 for residential customers and $65,000 for non-residential customers.”
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