Around 1000 residents of Lima Sands on the Essequibo Coast are expected to receive potable water, for the first time, as the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is in the process of installing an entire system comprising a well, transmission distribution and service connections to the community.
GINA said that this project is being executed under the water company’s coastal programme and is expected to be completed this month.
In June last year, a contract for the project was awarded to Suresh Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Construction Services for the sum of $102,226,400.
The community is located about six kilometres aback the town of Anna Regina. Essequibo Coast and was developed by the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) but was not provided with potable water supply infrastructure.
The project encompassed the drilling of the well, the laying of pipelines and the installation of connections.
GWI’s Programme Coordinator, Richard Hoyte explained that the community was developed by the CHPA some years ago and the area has always been without potable water.
“And so GWI decided that it is time for the residents to have this much needed access to water. The residents were exposed to untreated water and the risk of waterborne diseases was high and so we decided this community needed this project,” Hoyte explained.
