Latest update October 15th, 2026 10:30 AM
$2B Bath water plant set for Old Year’s Day completion
(Kaieteur News) – The $2 billion water treatment plant under construction at Bath, West Coast Berbice, is expected to be completed by 31st December, 2026, the Ministry of Public Utilities and Aviation announced Thursday.
The ministry said its Director General, Alfonso De Armas, along with Engineer in Charge of Foreign Funded Projects Arshad Yacoub and Head of the Well Drilling Unit Orin Browne, visited the site to assess progress on the project.
Ongoing construction at the site of the water treatment plant.
“Once complete, the plant will treat 18 million litres per day, serving residents from Kingelly to Jacoba. Three new wells are being drilled to feed it, so source and treatment capacity come online together,” the ministry said.
With, “Completion set for December 31,” De Armas told contractors that the ministry’s policy on delayed projects will be enforced, and that liquidated damages will be applied without exception where deadlines are missed. “Bath is one more plant in a coastline-wide build-out toward the government’s commitment of treated water for every household,” it added.
In October 2024, this publication reported that the five new water treatment plants the government intends to build in Regions Two, Three, Five and Six with funding from a loan will cost $3,214,805,220.
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