Residents of Lamaha Park, East La Penitence are beginning to feel the effects of ‘the good life’ with the current upgrading of the Guyana Water Inc’s (GWI) water supply system in that neighbourhood.The project being undertaken by contractor R. Kissoon, commenced on January 8, and entails putting down of 4” pipelines running north to south (horizontally) and feeding from 6” lines running east (vertically). In Lamaha Springs , a more densely populated housing scheme, the 6” water mains flowing out of Lamaha Park will tie into an 8” main, off of which 6” lines will feed.
By Saturday last, more than 353 four inch pipelines were already put down to a depth of 48” in Lamaha Park, with another 65 six inches to be put down over the next few days.
A water pressure test was done last Friday, revealing that the water in the neighbourhood had been stepped up in pressure from 100 p.s.i. to 150 p.s.i, allowing for a free and gushing flow at any level in the home, making households less dependent on the ‘Black water tanks’.
This is according to GWI Clerk of Works, Mr. Mc Gawn Bidder, overseeing the works in the neighbourhood. Bidder said the works, which began at the end of the first week of January, is expected to be completed by February month-end or the first week of March.
Meanwhile, the pipelines previously used by the residents of Lamaha Park and running at the back of the house lots will be decommissioned. As of March, household connections will be done at the front and alongside the main thoroughfare. Additionally, all household services will be fitted with individual water metres.
Meanwhile, GWI is determined to be able to read metres at individual households, whether the users of the service are at home or not. To this end, GWI is stepping up its exercise of removing metres from within people’s yards and placing them outside of the fence.
Over the last few weeks the campaign which was conducted in Meadow Brook saw the removal of some 260 metres from behind fences to an area more accessible to the water metre reading crew.