Some 40,000 residents along Guyana’s coast will benefit from improved water supply provided under the Guyana Water Incorporated’s Gy$850 million “Coastal 2011 Programme.” This benefit is expected to happen before the year ends.
The programme is being facilitated under two components: the implementation of five new wells, costing Gy$476 million; and the transmission and distribution phase, which will cost some Gy$375 million.
Ramchand Jailal
Speaking with Guyana Times International, GWI’S Executive Director of Capital Investment and Planning, Ramchand Jailal, stated that the “Coastal 2011 Programme” will boost the water supply tremendously in several areas across Guyana.
“We have several wells that we are going to construct, and we also have transmission mains that we are installing, and we are upgrading some distribution systems. We are also installing and replacing some new pumps that are existing and deteriorating within the capital programme”, Jailal stated.
Five thousand (5000) residents of Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast, Region Two, will experience improved levels of service from a new station to be drilled at Onderneeming Scheme Phase Two. A new station at Hope Lowlands (Hope Estate) ECD will enhance water service for several housing schemes, including Clonbrook, Ann’s Grove and Two Friends. The project will benefit 7,000 residents on the East Coast of Demerara.
Jailal noted that the third well station will be constructed in the Cotton Tree area of West Berbice, and this will enable more efficiency, reliability and sustainability of the Cotton Tree water treatment plant in supplying 16,000 customers in West Coast Berbice.”The water utility also plans to boost the service provided to customers of East Berbice, who will benefit from a new well station at Number 47 Village, Corentyne. The borehole at Number 46 Village has significantly deteriorated; hence it is imperative that GWI provide a new station to return normal service, which will see 5,500 customers experiencing improved service delivery upon the completion of the new station”, Jailal said. In addition, the company will enhance the capacity and increase the reliability of the Rose Hall Town water treatment plant with a new well station at Rose Hall Town Corentyne, East Berbice. According to Jailal, this station will assist us in providing increased service to over 8,000 customers served by the Rose Hall Town water treatment plant.
Meanwhile, Project Manager Omar Bissoon, speaking on the second component of the programme, “transmission mains, distribution mains and service connection upgrades”, stated that several kilometres of transmission and distribution mains and service connections will be implemented under the programme.
“Most of the transmission mains are new ones, and in some sections there will be replacements. These 15 kilometres of transmission mains will be designed to increase the level of service to customers. In addition to that, we also have replacements or new distribution mains in several areas and that will be about 30 kilometres”, Bissoon stated. According to Bissoon, under the same scope of projects, GWI will be doing 3,500 service connection upgrades and new service connections, which are the connections from the mains to the customers’ homes.
The Guyana Water Incorporated is very optimistic that the project will be completed by November.
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