Guyana to host regional water conference

The panel at the launch of the CCWA conference. From left are Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) Public Relations Officer Leana Bradshaw; GWI Managing Director Dr Richard Van West-Charles; Minister within the Ministry of Communities Dawn Hastings; Executive Director of CCWA Patricia Aquing; and GWI’s Executive Director of Commercial Services and Customer Relations Marlon Daniels.

The 26th anniversary conference and exhibition of the Caribbean Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA), to be held in October, will bring together over 400 participants from the Caribbean, Latin America, North America and Europe, who will engage to share ideas, information, and new technologies in water, wastewater and waste management.

The theme of this year’s conference, which is being hosted in Guyana for the first time, is “Promoting Innovation and Creativity in Water, Wastewater and Waste Management.”

The conference, which will be held from October 16th to October 20th at the Marriott Hotel Guyana, will target not only high-level policy makers, but the regular man as well, in a bid to disseminate information on water and wastewater management, and the