Sophia water woes should end by early next week

The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has failed to keep its promise to restore water supply to residents of ‘E’ and ‘D’ Fields, Sophia by mid-October, but its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr Richard Van West-Charles said yesterday that residents should be able to have access to running water by the end of this week or by early next week.

Speaking at a press briefing in the GWI boardroom, the CEO noted that residents in the area had been without running water for quite some time, but thanks to the good work of GWI engineers, both the Turkeyen and North Ruimveldt wells have been completely rehabilitated and are now connected to the Sophia communities.

As it is, Van West-Charles stated, there is water coming from the Turkeyen Well Station,