Potable water for more Mahaicony residents
New pipelines being placed underground to benefit Mahaicony residents
New pipelines being placed underground to benefit Mahaicony residents

AN additional 15 households within the Esau and Jacob community, Mahaicony, Region Five, will be accessing potable water for the first time from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI), according to the Housing Ministry.

In keeping with its mandate to deliver potable water to unserved communities, the project is being executed to the tune of some $2.6 M and the work is being done by the staff of Guyana Water Inc, with assistance from Pure Harvest Inc.
Following complaints from several residents in the area, about no access to potable water, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, asked for an assessment to be done.

Once a source to supply these households with potable water was found, work in the area commenced immediately.
The project started about a week ago with a connection from the Strath Campbelle Pump Station at Branch Road, Mahaicony.
Some 71 lengths of pipes are being installed with a total of 15 individual service connections.
According to the ministry, the installation and connection to the main distribution network are expected to be completed within another week.
Over the coming months, a number of communities in the 10 administrative regions will be served with potable water as the government continues to place emphasis on reaching unserved areas.

A number of major water distribution projects have been budgeted for in the recently-passed 2020 national budget.
GWI has received an allocation of $2.8B and provisions have been made for sanitation interventions, drilling of new wells, water supply improvement projects on the coastland and hinterland, as well as water treatment plants for a number of communities.

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