A TEAM from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) will be mobilising in a month’s time to drill a new well on the island of Wakenaam, in Region Three, to provide improved water supply to some 4,752 residents. According to a release, Chief Executive Officer of the GWI, Mr. Shaik Baksh and a technical team two Fridays ago visited the island with a view to identifying the site for the drilling. Several sites were visited, and the technical team has determined, based on hydraulic and modelling studies, that the site at Noitgedacht is the most suitable for the drilling of the new well.
The new well for the island will be the first to be drilled, using the drilling rig acquired by the company some two years ago for the drilling of wells on the coastland.
Shortly after assuming office in the latter part of 2020, Baksh had visited the island and found that residents were experiencing a poor level of water supply for the past two to three years. This was attributed to low water production at the Free and Easy and Noitgedacht well stations. The wells, which are now over 45 years old, showed signs of structural degradation.

A GWI team soon thereafter cleaned and rehabilitated the wells to increase production. The rehabilitation has yielded success, with residents stating that they are mostly pleased with the service they are receiving.
Noitgedacht resident, Zorene Rupnaraine said that she is even able to have water in her elevated storage tank, and to wash her white clothing without their being stained. She also welcomed a new well on the island to further improve the water supply there.
Belle Plaine resident, Deonarine Oudall said he is satisfied with his level of service being offered.
In addition, Baksh explained that plans are in progress to construct a water treatment plant on the island within the next two years. The residents were overjoyed at this news.