New water treatment plant commissioned at Wales, WBD

Mar 17, 2025 News

-Pres. Ali announces new highway connecting Wales to New Demerara Harbour Bridge

Kaieteur News- President Irfaan Ali on Sunday, officially commissioned a new Water Treatment Plant in Wales, West Bank Demerara, marking the completion of the second-largest scale plant in the region. At the commissioning ceremony, President Ali was joined by Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Water Bishram Kuppen, and other regional officials. The Wales Water Treatment Plant is one of three plants being constructed in Region 3 under the Government of Guyana’s Coastal Water Treatment Infrastructure Programme (CWTIP). Designed to treat 8 million litres of water per day, the facility will serve several communities, including Bel Vue, Canal #2, Bell West, Goed Intent, Toevlugt, Sisters, Wales, Patentia, Vriesland, Vive la Force, and Free and Easy. Work on the facility began in June 2023 and was constructed by a Mexican company Hipro Ecologicos and local company S. Jagmohan Construction at the cost of $1.3 billion.

New water treatment plant commissioned at Wales, WBD

New water treatment plant in Wales, WCD

In his keynote address, President Ali emphasised that the commissioning of the water treatment plant is a move forward in providing residents with treated water. He announced that by the end of 2025, 90% of the coastal plain will have access to treated water.

Meanwhile, President Ali announced plans for the construction of a new highway connecting the new Demerara Harbour Bridge to Wales, which will continue to Del Conte Road. He explained, “We were plotting the next phase of the highway that will go to the new highway, that will come from this new bridge and go all the way to Wales and then go all the way to Del Conte Road, opening up tens of thousands of acres of land for farmers, for housing, connecting Bartica, bringing the road back to Sand Hills taking it to Timehri.”

President Irfaan Ali

The President also shared plans for the construction of a second power plant on the western side of the Demerara River, outlining, “We are busy planning the second power plant so that you will have an industrial hub, a state-of-the-art industrial manufacturing hub here, so that tens of thousands of jobs and hundreds of industries will be created here for you.” Furthering his announcements, President Ali revealed that a new port will be built at Parika, East Bank Essequibo, to accommodate modern ferries. “We are talking about a new port that we have to build at Parika to take off the modern ferries, and so that we can export directly from Parika to support our farmers to the Caribbean and further afield,” President Ali stated.

(New water treatment plant commissioned at Wales, WBD)

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At the commissioning ceremony, Collin Croal, Ministry of Housing, Permanent Secretary, Water Treatment Plant

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