Despite complaints of poor water quality from their current arrangement, residents within the communities of Betsy Ground and Gangaram, Region Six have opted out of receiving potable water from the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI).
This was the general consensus related to Susan Rodrigues, Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water during a meeting with residents on Tuesday. A release from the Central Housing and Planning Authority said that the meeting was a follow-up on behalf President Irfaan Ali, as residents bemoaned the situation during his regional outreach last week.
Currently the areas are served by a well which comes under the Rose Hall Sugar Estate, and residents are not billed for their water supply. While, a fraction previously indicated their interest in GWI service they have now chosen to keep the current arrangement in place.