THE $1.6B water treatment plant, which was commissioned, last September in Queenstown, Corriverton, in Region Six (East Berbice /Corentyne) continues to deliver treated water to even more homes across the region.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Engineer, Randolph Leach, made this disclosure on Saturday, during a visit to the plant by the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Housing, Emil McGarrell.
During the visit, Leach explained that the plant has extended its reach since the commissioning last year.
He said, “The plant was designed to serve 12,000 households; and since the opening, approximately 80 new customers were added.”
Leach noted that the plant has the capacity to service an additional 2000 households.
Residents from Number 74 Village to Line Path in Berbice were recipients of treated water supplied by the plant built by a team, including experts from Tokyo Engineering and their local counterparts, Toruca Corporation.

Described as a symbol of the friendly bilateral relations between Guyana and Japan, the project had its genesis in 2007 when Guyana and Japan signed a Joint Declaration on Enhanced Co-operation in Environment and Climate Change issues after President Bharrat Jagdeo met Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
The Japan International Corporation Agency (JICA) was one of the key agencies through which the cooperation programmes were realized.
The plant was constructed with a storage tank 25 metres high to improve delivery and boasts unique characteristics such as a biological method of water sanitisation. The Japanese have applied the sand filtration technology that makes the plant highly energy efficient.
The facility was completed within the project duration, one year after Minister Ali turned the sod at the site. It followed a period of intense discussions and negotiations with Japanese officials and several community consultations.
President Bharrat Jagdeo and Japanese Ambassador to Guyana Tatsuaki Iwata officiated at the symbolic unveiling of the plaque at the plant last September.
In his address at the ceremony, President Jagdeo issued an appeal for persons to conserve water, noting that in the next 20 years, it is predicted that about 85 percent of the world would face a water shortage.
“We are fortunate in Guyana that we have a large amount of fresh water; but it is not unlimited; and therefore we have to start appreciating this valuable resource. We have to start using it as though it is valuable,” President Jagdeo had told the gathering.
The Head of State also noted the costly nature of investing in an initiative to supply treated water to the population.