FRIDAY 14th OCTOBER, 2022
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Massive boost to water supply - GWI ‘pumps’ $8.5B into seven new water-treatment plants - facilities to benefit over 100,000 residents
One of GWI’s water-treatment plants
THE Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), on Thursday, signed contracts valuing $8.5 billion for the construction of seven new water-treatment plants across Guyana’s coast.
Three companies were awarded those contracts for the project which will benefit over 100,000 persons. This project falls under GWI’s Water Treatment Inf r a s t r u c t u re P ro -
gramme, which is part of a bigger vision to provide 90 per cent treated water access to the coast by 2025. The latest initiative will see water treatment plants being constructed at
Onderneeming in Region Two; Parika, Wales and Lust en Rust in Region Three, and Caledonia, Cummings Lodge and Bachelor’s Adventure in Region Four.
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