Over 100,000 persons have benefited from infrastructural improvements and improved water service and approximately $3 billion have been spent over the past 18 months, according to the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
Stabroek News asked GWI for information on the projects it said benefited 100,000 persons over the last 18 months.
The utility company said new water treatment systems have been applied to 16 existing pumping stations across the country, which has since resulted in more than 30,000 customers receiving an improved quality of water. Twenty treatment plant filtration systems were also rehabilitated, including the one at the Shelterbelt.
In Region One, a new storage tank was constructed in Mabaruma to provide