Residents of Campbellville and Sophia will soon get relief from a disruption in water supply as contractors are working to replace the transmission main from Duncan Street to Vlissengen Road.
Works are expected to be completed, tested and interconnected by the end of June and all roads will be restored to their original condition within the month of July.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Executive Director for Infrastructure Planning and Implementation, Ramchand Jailal, told the Government Information Agency (GINA), that GWI has been facing significant challenges with the transmission main. “The transmission main was made in the 1960s and over the years we have been encountering breakages and this caused interference to traffic and also to our services,” Jailal said.
GINA said that the government included this project in the 2016 National Budget capital programme. Work is being undertaken by Nabi Construction Inc and is 60-65 percent completed Jailal said.
The transmission main that is being installed runs from Vlissengen Road through Duncan Street and is interconnected to a 10-inch high density polyethylene transmission main which is designed to last for a minimum of 100 years. GINA added that the high density polyethylene transmission main will be interlinked to a 6-inch Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) transmission main which transmits water to the residents in Kaieteur Road, Bel Air.
Noting that there is a Water Treatment Plant at Sophia and one at Shelter-Belt, Jailall told GINA that the transmission main that is being installed would supply water to Sophia from the Shelter-Belt area in case the Sophia system is down and service is disrupted.
