In keeping with a promise made by Junior Housing and Water Minister Susan Rodrigues, 20 Goed Faith, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) households are now accessing potable water for the first time in several years.
According to the Central Housing and Planning Agency (CH&PA), Rodrigues had made the commitment during a visit to the area in May.
On Friday, the Minister revisited the area during an outreach to Region Five.
“I made a commitment to them that we would extend the project and expand the distribution networks to allow for those 20 families to have access to water for the very first time and today we were able to deliver,” she was quoted as saying as she expressed her satisfaction with the level of works executed.
In addition to this, she noted that the distribution networks will also expand so that incoming house lot allottees will have access to potable water upon occupancy.
Meanwhile, the CH&PA noted that in D’Edward, remedial works to reposition an existing distribution network will commence in three weeks.
After receiving several complaints, it said, the Minister met with residents on Friday and they bemoaned the current situation. The residents are said to be receiving water from a network which currently runs through the property of other residents, resulting in a number of issues.
“We have identified some resources to relocate this network and we’re going to run the pipes and provide the households here with individual connections for the first time,” Rodrigues later said.
This announcement was met with much satisfaction from the residents. Upon completion of the works, 23 households will benefit.
