The Government commissioned a new $850 million Water Treatment Plant at Parika, East Bank Essequibo on Wednesday. With the new facility, 14,000 Region Three residents are expected to receive 24-hour access to treated water.

Describing the facility as “another installment of delivery”, President Irfaan Ali emphasised that the investment reflects his government’s commitment to meeting the needs of a rapidly developing region.

“In water alone, we have invested in this region more G$8.8B, bringing benefits to more than 89,000 residents, we have constructed Water treatment plants in Wales, Parika and Parfaite Harmony, two new plants are being constructed at Wakeanaam and Leguan and three major water treatment upgrades at Vergenoogen, Fellowship and Pouderoyen,” the President stated.

The Parika plant is the second of three new water treatment plants earmarked for the region.  The plant at  Wales  was recently commissioned and another is slated to be commissioned at Parfaite Harmonie.

President Ali noted that these interventions are about household comfort and part of a vision of building a modern Guyana.

“So we have come to an important decision based on the expansive growth in demand in region 3 because we have manufacturing and commercial demands expanding and household demand expanding and we are not yet at a stage in our water development where we can have industrial water, agricultural water and also potable water, so you find that for every aspect of national life, is the same water that is being utilised,” the President noted.

Meanwhile, Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, stated the initiative seeks to ensure that every citizen has access to potable water.

He explained that investments are being made to increase water production capacity, and modernize water distribution network transmission systems.

“This is part of our government’s landmark coastal water treatment project, and this is the fourth such that we are commissioning and this treatment plant, and this is part of the massive coastal treatment programme from Charity in region 2 that goes all the way to Moleson Creek in region 6. This plants which benefits from than 20,000 residents from Parika and the surrounding villages mean that many of you who have complained for decades and relied on untreated water and unreliable supply, today we turn the tap to a better quality of life,’’ the Minister stated.

Chief Executive Officer of the GWI, Sheik Baksh, said GWI has embarked on a coastal water treatment programme which aims to improve the quality of water and level of service. He said by end of the year, the programme he said is expected to target 90% of the population.

“As a whole, we have already constructed seven large treatment plants across the coastal belt and here in region 3, we have 3 of those plants—at Wales, Parika plant and shortly we will move to Parfaite Harmony, where you have a larger plant to provide treated water to the people. Already that plant is in tested mode and we are now doing tightening up of that plant to ensure that it is ready for commissioning,” the GWI CEO said.

Water for the new plant will be sourced from two new wells that were drilled in 2022 and 2025 by the GWI Well Services Team and C&H Engineering & Construction Inc.

Related posts:

Government expands water infrastructure with new water treatment plant at Wales 98.3% of population has access to potable water -says Housing and Water Ministry Billion-dollar water treatment plant commissioned at Uitvlugt; 21,000 residents to benefit GWI to construct new waste water plant in Georgetown