Construction has started on an $847m water treatment plant at Parika, East Bank Essequibo that will serve some 12,000 residents from Ruby, going all the way to St Lawrence when completed in 2024.
The project is being funded by the Government of Guyana and is being undertaken by Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited, an international multi-disciplinary environmental services company headquartered in India that specializes in providing turn-key services in water and wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal.
A release from the Guyana Water Inc (GWI) yesterday said that Toshiba will also train workers of GW) to manage and operate the plant. The plant is expected to be completed in June 2024 and will have a capacity to supply some 4.5 million liters of treated water per day. Some 40 Guyanese will be contracted to accelerate work in the initial phase of the project.
GWI Chief Executive Officer, Shaik Baksh on an inspection visit to the work site yesterday, said he was pleased with the start of work on the treatment plant and urged the contractor to complete the project within the project deadline.
Toshiba Water Solutions Private Limited Director and Chief Executive Officer, Rajkumar Gupta said his company is committed to delivering a quality project to the Government and people of Guyana within the project deadline. Apart from the treatment plant at Parika, six others are currently under construction.
These are at Onderneeming, Essequibo Coast; Parfaite Harmonie and Wales, West Bank Demerara; Caledonia and Bachelor’s Adventure, East Coast Demerara and Cummings Lodge, Greater Georgetown.
Work will also begin on a new water treatment plant at Charity, Essequibo Coast; Leguan, Region Three; Wakenaam, Region Three; Bath, Region Five and Adventure, Region Six before yearend, GWI said.
In addition, 12 existing treatment plants are being upgraded and work has started on the laying of transmission and distribution lines across the coastland.
