Dear Editor,

Like electricity, water is an expensive and important resource, costly but necessary. Some of us have devised ways of conserving electricity and water. With water, this is how I do it:

1. I have a fish pond 25’ x 35,’ which provides protein to my family in the form of hassar and tilapia, grey and red. It also provides water for my plants, lawn and kitchen garden. The water is transferred into a reservoir from the pond and then pumped to the entire yard. For those who do not have this system, any simple pump can be used, or water cans for smaller compounds. In this way the management of GWI will not have to eat its heart out because of concern for water wastage. Water should never be wasted.

2. Now that a meter is installed in my compound, I devised a simple but novel method of water conservation. We have an underground reservoir of 6000 gallons. Rainwater is conducted to the reservoir as is GWI water. Whenever rain falls, we turn off the tap so GWI water is not used during the long rainy season, plus the water quality is godly, as it comes from God Almighty as fertilizing rain.

3. When the rainy season is not here, we have another simple but novel method again. We allow GWI water to run for one day, and turn it off for two days. It adds up and saves much.

I wish to encourage Guyanese with any land space to install a small pond for plant watering and growing fish. A small fence can be erected to prevent children from getting to the pond. In addition, some ducks could also be kept there. We plan to get some Peking ducklings.

In this way we make maximum use of the pond and piece of land designated for this. Around the pond we plant bananas, okras, lime, bora and coconut trees.

Yours faithfully,
Roshan Khan