The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is examining the possibility of providing running water to the residents of Andy Ville, Linden.
This will likely be made possible through the setting up of stand pipes at various points within the community. The village’s main source of water is rain, a release from GWI said yesterday.
During a meeting on Sunday, GWI’s Managing Director Dr. Richard Van West-Charles told members of the Community Development Council (CDC) and other residents that the option of stand pipes was chosen since the area hasn’t been regularised.
“What I would try to do after we get a good sense as to what the situation is, we’ll try as best as possible to see how we can bring some relief to the area”, Dr. Van West-Charles noted.
He added that, “Because the area is not established as yet we don’t know where roads would run etc, we can’t run a lot of distribution lines but what we may be able to do, and I would be advised by the engineers, is to begin putting stand pipes whereby you can get easy access”.
The GWI Head committed to liaising with the Ministry of Communities and the Lands and Survey Commission, to move the project along.
The release said that residents also assured GWI of their willingness to volunteer their labour towards the realisation of the project.
The community with 90 households and an average of 220 persons, stands to benefit from at least three stand pipes on each main road, GWI added.
Following the meeting, the residents took Dr. Van West-Charles and a team of officials for a walkabout in the community to assess possible areas for the stand pipes.
