RESIDENTS of Muritaro, a hinterland village in Region 10 (Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice) are the beneficiaries of a new well constructed at a cost of $7.5M that was recently handed over by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).

In January this year, GWI engineers visited the hinterland community to identify possible well sites and in February a crew of nine engineers returned and work began on the drilling of a well. After two failures, the engineers were lucky and it was a proud moment for Project Manager, Omar Bissoon when he handed over the well to the community recently.
Explaining some technical details, Project Engineer, Afraz Ali told members of the community that while the well had the capacity to produce 50 gallons of water per minute it had been set instead to produce only 20 in a bid to conserve. When all the storage tanks are filled, the photo voltaic solar system automatically shuts off.
Ali urged residents to care the system at all times and ensure that storage tanks are cleaned on a regular basis.
Sticking to the administration’s policy on transparency, Ali explained that there was money left over from the project, which was used to increase the harvesting of rainwater by the repairs to catchment gutters, and the provision of 48 storage tanks. The tanks have been handed over to the Village Council to be distributed to residents. He expressed pride in the project and its benefit to the community in making tasks easier.
Muritaro Toshao Owen Bowling stated that the community has indeed been blessed with the well, since it has come at a time when potable water is scarce due to flooding.
Bissoon expressed satisfaction for a job well done for the benefit of the community, as it has relieved residents of some of their burdens.
He explained that the Muritaro well forms part of the Hinterland Water Supply strategy to take sustainable, reliable and safe drinking water to all communities in the hinterland and this has been guaranteed to Muritaro community through the well.