More than 2500 households in Eccles and surrounding areas on the East Bank of Demerara will soon benefit from improved water quality.
A release yesterday from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) said that this is as a result of ongoing water quality improvement works at the Eccles Water Treatment plant, which serves residents of Eccles, Bagotstown, Republic Park, Nandy Park, Republic Gardens and Windsor Estate.
Chief Executive Officer of GWI, Shaik Baksh and a technical team visited the facility yesterday to assess the improvements to the aged filtration system which was out of operation for the past three years, GWI said.
The filters are being modified to facilitate the introduction of manganese dioxide filter media which has a better efficiency in iron removal and an improved hydraulic filtration rate than the silica sand media from the traditional treatment process, the release added.
This re-engineering of the treatment process is being done by GWI’s in-house technical team.
