GWI provides treated water to flooded Pomeroon communities
The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), in collaboration with the Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) Democratic Council, on Wednesday provided treated water to three Pomeroon communities that are severely affected by the prevailing floods.
Filled water tanks that were provided to the communities
The RDC’s Region Two Manager, Brionne Gangaram, and several staff members, along with the Regional Democratic Council’s Superintendent of Works, Sarwan Kumar, assisted the communities of Kabakaburi, St Monica, and satellite village Karawab.
In the community of Kabakaburi, which has approximately 150 households, an existing 450-gallon water tank was filled with treated water sourced from the Lima Water Treatment Plant. An additional filled tank was also provided to the community.
The team then visited the community of St Monica, which has approximately 138 households, and was met with eager residents equipped with buckets. Two full water tanks were provided, and residents hurriedly filled their buckets.
In the satellite village of Karawab, which has approximately 160 households, the team stopped at two locations. The first was ‘Long House’, where residents displaced due to the floods are being housed. An existing water tank was filled at that location.
At the second location in that village, the Karawab Mission, one tank was also filled. Additionally, three tanks were provided for residents to utilise for rainwater harvesting.
This additional storage would be of significant benefit, since residents from neighbouring communities such as Bat Creek and further up the Pomeroon River can access water there on a short-term basis.
Prior to the flooding, residents of both Kabakaburi and St Monica utilised water from the Pomeroon River. Existing GWI infrastructure facilitated pumping of the water from the river to a storage tank, then it was gravity-fed to residents.
GWI will, in the coming days, continue to work with the RDC to determine steps to provide further relief to those communities, as well as others facing difficulties in accessing potable water during this period.