After enduring a disruption of their water supply for around 20 days, residents of ‘A’ Field, Sophia, got relief last Saturday when they began receiving water once again.
Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Public Relations Officer Leanna Bradshaw, during an interview with Stabroek News, said customers in both ‘A’ Field, Sophia and ‘B’ Field, Sophia experienced a shortage of water.
Bradshaw explained that the main well that serves both areas was not working and GWI had to redirect water to the areas from the Central Ruimveldt plant.
However, she explained that because they were redirecting water in order to fix the main well, the water supplied was not sufficient, hence the disruption.
‘B’ Field residents, she further noted, were receiving water before those in ‘A’ Field, which led to them pumping the water directly from the line, resulting in an air lock that caused some in ‘A’ Field not to get water.
She said some assessments were done in order to figure out what was causing the disruption for ‘A’ Field residents and they eventually found that it was due to the air lock. A decision was then taken to pressurise the system and to pull water from other places in order to get the water pressure back to normal.
Bradshaw noted that while ‘B’ Field, Sophia residents started receiving water sometime around September 15th, it was only after complaints from ‘A’ Field residents were made that the issue was completely rectified, and the water supply was restored.
