Government expanding water infrastructure to meet growing demand – Minister Indar
The government continues to invest in the water sector by constructing new treatment plants, rehabilitating existing facilities and drilling new wells to expand access to clean, reliable water.
Public Utilities and Aviation Minister Deodat Indar said the investments are necessary to meet the growing demand for water as residential and commercial development continues to expand across the regions.
“In the water sector, we have had a significant amount of investment in that subsector. We have had a number of seven new treatment plants,” Minister Indar said during an interview with the Department of Public Information (DPI).
The minister explained that the seven new treatment plants were constructed over the past five years, while 12 existing plants have also been rehabilitated with new treatment filters to improve the quality of water supplied to residents.
The minister further noted that the government is also constructing two new surface water treatment plants at Hope on the East Coast Demerara and Diamond on the East Bank Demerara, while additional wells are being drilled in areas experiencing rapid residential and commercial expansion.
“We are also building a number of wells this year in areas where housing has been expanding, residential as well as commercial areas,” Minister Indar said.
According to the minister, the expansion of housing and economic activity requires the government to simultaneously expand essential utility services to keep pace with development.
“Everywhere a property is built, whether it’s a warehouse, a condominium, a hotel, housing scheme, you need these services,” he said, stating that, “Everywhere you have a new property going up, it must have water. It must have light.”
Meanwhile, Minister Indar also highlighted the government’s continued efforts to improve access to water in hinterland communities, while working towards achieving 100 per cent access to purified water along the coastland.
“In the water sector, we want to achieve purified water, 100 per cent purified water on the coastline. We also want access to water in the hinterland,” he said, noting that hinterland access is currently close to 98 per cent.
The minister said the government is working aggressively to achieve full access in the hinterland, as part of its broader efforts to modernise the water sector and ensure that infrastructure keeps pace with Guyana’s continued housing and economic development.
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