A $5 million investment from the government will soon see several households in Fairfield, West Coast Berbice having access to potable water, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
This was disclosed by Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues during a meeting with the residents on Wednesday.
She said the transmission lines used to ensure residents have access to water have been compromised as they run through land owned by the Fairfield Rice Mill.
She assured residents that government will ensure they have improved water access.
“We have decided this morning that we are going to ensure that this work is done. We are going to do this through a collaboration with the Fairfield Rice Mill… we have requested some assistance from the rice mill in terms of the excavation that has to be done for us to take in the distribution network to get to the houses,” the minister stated, according to DPI.
She said Guyana Water Inc will provide all materials and labour to ensure the work is executed. When completed, residents will be connected to the Perseverance water system.
Rodrigues said though residents are small in number, as paying customers, they should be able to access potable water like everyone else.
