Dear Editor,
After consulting with a few residents of New Plantation Housing Scheme (Herstelling) and after ascertaining that the facts presented below are correct and true, I pen this letter as my civic duty. Since Sunday (last) this community has been experiencing very low water pressure, meaning that water flows with minimal pressure through taps in the yard and therefore lacks sufficient pressure to drive water through taps in homes where taps are elevated to about 3-4 feet above ground level.
Equally, Guyana Water Inc., did not dignify this specific consumer base with an advance warning or notice that there was going to be disruption of water distribution, residents had to experience this unnecessary interruption to daily planning. Some residents took time and effort to contact the Peter’s Hall Office.
Editor, it would be of some consolation for those that made that effort of communicating if GWI can have in position staff who are knowledgeable, aware and eloquent enough to first discuss, then advise the fact-finding consumer on the likelihood of resumption of normal services. Whatever are the issues, did the engineer/s provide timelines? Are these feasible? And if yes, could these be transmitted to the exhausted consumers?
Finally Editor, the quality of the water that enters our homes needs to be colourless, currently if one describes what flows through the tap as coloured there is an absolute certainty that it’s not a contradiction.
Sincerely,
Rohan Sagar
