President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday gave exciting news to residents of Linden, Region Ten, announcing a recent decision to invest $2.4B in a modern water treatment system to significantly improve the supply of potable water to residents.
The modern water system will include two treatment plants at Wisroc and Amelia’s Ward, equipped with elevated and underground gravity storage departments to facilitate the process of supplying treated water.
Other aspects of the project include the relay of the entire distribtuion system in the town. The programme was forwarded to the board of the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) and works are scheduled to commence before the end of September.
The treatment plant will add to the list of systems already established at Lima, Vergenoegen, Cotton Tree, Central Ruimveldt, Sophia and Corriverton, benefitting over 100,000 people with improved water quality.
During 2010, a total of 15,000 service connections were upgraded and in excess of 5,000 water meters were installed.
This year, $850M is allocated to improving water distribution in areas such as Hope, Calcutta, Lochaber, Anna Catherina, Diamond, DeHoop Mahaica and Bartica.
Additionally, $103M is budgeted for the provision of water to hinterland communities such as Sand Hills, Wiruni, Calcuni, Kariabo, Kwebanna and Mahdia, where over 5,000 residents will benefit. (GINA)