GWI aims for 85% treated water in coastal areas by 2025

GWI CEO Shaik Baksh (seated at head of table) engages GWI’s managers from across the country at the meeting yesterday

Under its new five year strategic plan, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) is aiming to achieve 100% access to potable water countrywide by 2025, with 85% of treated water coverage in coastal areas by then.

In a press release issued yesterday, GWI noted that based on baseline data from 2019, 96% of the population has access to potable water. It added that treated water coverage in coastal areas was 53% then.

The release said the programmatic areas of the 2021-2025 plan are: Organisation and Management, Non-Revenue water, Water production, distribution and quality, Finance and customer services and Sanitation.