NDC damaged Diamond water main – Van West Charles

The water woes which were being faced by residents of Diamond, East Bank Demerara, is now being blamed on the Neighbourhood Democratic Council (NDC).
“In the case of Diamond, the NDC was doing some works that damaged the mains there,” Chief Executive Officer of Guyana Water Inc (GWI), Dr Richard Van West Charles, told a news conference on Wednesday.
Earlier this year, Diamond was without any potable water supply for several weeks at the time, and GWI’s Director of Operations, Dwayne Shako, had said that the pump was breached and had begun “pumping mud”.
It was noted that the intrusion of mud took place at a depth of some 239 feet of the total 665 feet well.
Shako had highlighted that there was an attempt to remedy the rupture, but it proved futile owing to the pressure placed on the well by the growing community.