MINISTER within the Ministry of Communities, Dawn Hastings, will head a team into Kamarang to investigate reports of a diarrhoea outbreak in the community, the Guyana Water Inc has said.Responding to an article on the inewsguyana.com website, which suggests that GWI is responsible for an outbreak of diarrhoea in the Amerindian community of Kamarang in Region Seven, the water company said the well is a project being undertaken by the Basic Needs Trust Fund and not the state-owned entity.

In a statement GWI said the Inews article points to a well being drilled by GWI. It also mentions Minister of Public Health, Dr. George Norton as saying, “It (the well) only reached to 50 feet and it was halted. I am concerned about that and I want GWI to explain the situation”.

“GWI therefore wishes to categorically state that the well in question was and is not a project being undertaken by GWI. In fact, it is a project being carried out by the Basic Needs Trust Fund. Nonetheless, GWI is treating this report with utmost importance and will be sending a team to assess the situation and provide technical solutions for the community.”

The team will be headed by Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for water, Dawn Hastings. The minister will be accompanied by GWI’s Managing Director Dr. Richard Van-West Charles and Executive Director of Project Implementation & Partnership Building, Ramchand Jailal among other experts.

The team of GWI officials will be taking a number of Lifesaver filters to distribute to the community of Kamarang on Friday, October 21, 2016. The filters will allow for the access of potable water for consumption by villagers.