GWI, UNESCO organise wastewater treatment training

A five-day training programme began yesterday to develop strategies to treat the country’s wastewater.

Speaking at the opening of the training programme, which is a result of a partnership between Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Minister within the Ministry of Communities Dawn Hastings told participants at the Millennium Manor Hotel that it has been too long that the country has been struggling with its water resources.

“I am very, very happy, especially as the minister overseeing water. Even though Guyana is called the land of many waters, we have a shortage of water,” she said, while