Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the Nation’s supplier of water and sanitation services, wishes to respond to an article published in the Guyana Chronicle, dated Monday, October 05, 2009 and titled “Grass Fire destroys GWI pipes”.

Firstly, GWI wishes to advise that the destroyed pipes are not the property of Guyana Water Incorporated and the fire had no effect, whatsoever, on the performance of the sewerage system. The system is operating as per normal.

Lastly, contrary to the article published in the Guyana Chronicle, the area in which the incident occurred was not utilised as a storage bond for Guyana Water Incorporated.