Citing minimal environmental impacts, the Envi-ronmental Protection Agency (EPA) has waived the need for an Environ-mental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Guyana Water Incorporated’s (GWI) first commercial scale, solar-powered water treatment plant.
The EPA informed that the EIA was waived on the grounds that the project, which is pegged for the existing Port Mourant Water Treatment Plant (PMWTP) and caters for 4,500 households, will eliminate the use of the back-up generator thereby removing noise pollution. It was stated that during the construction phase, impacts from noise will be low to moderate primarily during the operational phase of the PMWTP and the construction of the solar energy field. This hindrance is expected to be short term and localised.