Some residents of the North Rupununi villages of Kaicumbay and Yupukari now have access to water in their homes for the first time, according to a release on Sunday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI).
In Kaicumbay, this is as a result of the drilling of a well at the depth of 100 meters and the installation of a Photovoltaic system, transmission and distribution pipelines and individual service connections in the village.
The project was financed by the Government of Guyana and GWI to the tune of $13M and has doubled the percentage of the village’s population with access to potable water. The community now has 90% access, the release said.