Two thousand customers of Plaisance and Ogle have been promised 24-hours water supply for Christ-mas, by the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), from the newly drilled $40 million Sparendaam well.
According to a press release from GWI, the new well at Sparendaam produced water for the first time, following seven weeks of preparatory works and four weeks of drilling. The well comes at an opportune time since there has been a sudden reduction in production at the existing well at that location. The new well was drilled at a depth of 764 ft. and is producing 200 meter cubes of water per hour, the equivalent of 100 450-gallon tanks of water per hour.
The Sparendaam well is the second of three wells being drilled by the Dutch firm De Ruiter Ground-watertechneik, according to the GWI release. The first was recently completed in Diamond and the third location is Sophia. A new method of drilling known as reverse circulation, is carried out by using compressed air, is being utilized by the Dutch company. Additionally, Poly-vinyl chloride (PVC) casings are being used, as opposed to steel casings, giving the well an estimated lifespan of 30 years.