New water infrastructure on cards for Mahdia

The Guyana Water Incorporated team examining sections of the Mahdia water supply system. (GWI photo)

The Guyana Water Incor-porated (GWI) will begin exploring the drilling of a new well for Mahdia as it looks to safeguard and regularise the community’s potable water, while in the short term it will provide a pump to boost supply.

According to a GWI press release, during a visit to the area last week, its Chief Executive Dr Richard Van West-Charles committed GWI to developing a long-term water development plan to address all the water supply needs of Mahdia and surrounding communities in Region 8. GWI also plans to install a reservoir in 2016 to