Over 700 residents of Nappi Village, Region 9 will benefit from a new well which was drilled to provide the community with easier access to water.
According to a release yesterday from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), the drilling of the well was a collaborative effort between GWI and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The well which was completed last Saturday was done by a Brazilian company, Fox Trading at a depth of 144 meters.
With the newly drilled well, residents will no longer have to walk approximately 600 meters to get water for daily use. The two organizations are working towards improving water quality, access and storage of water for indigenous communities vulnerable to droughts under the Japan-Caribbean Climate Change partnership.
While GWI will be tasked with installing transmission and distribution mains, service connections and pumps, the UNDP will be tasked with setting up a trestle with storage tanks to ensure residents receive acceptable service.
GWI in the release stated that one resident, 85-year-old Austin Domingo thanked the Government and other stakeholders for the project which will now supply his community with potable water, as he is now at the age where he would no longer be able to carry water for long distances.
