Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in its quest to achieve its 2025 goal of 85 percent metering along the coastland is planning to install 20,000 meters along the coastland this year.
This is the continuation of a metering programme which saw over 15,000 meters being installed in 2021, inclusive of the replacement of close to 5000 non-functional or faulty meters, a release from GWI said yesterday.
Among the areas to be metered during this year in Region 2 are Anna Regina, Cotton Field, Lima, Mainstay, Reliance and Walton Hall, the release said.
In Region 3, the metering schedule includes Anna Catherina, Den Amstel, Cornelia Ida, Goed Fortuin, Pouderoyen and Versailles.
On the East Bank Demerara – Eccles, Farm, Great Diamond and Little Diamond and on the East Coast Demerara – Better Hope, Industry, Lusignan, Ogle and Happy Acres are targeted.
The Georgetown metering schedule encompasses Kitty, Lamaha Gardens, Queenstown, South Ruimveldt Gardens and Bel Air Gardens, the release said.
In Region 6, metering will be done in areas which include Williamsburg, Rose Hall town, Nigg and Port Mourant while in Region 10, metering will be carried out in Amelia’s Ward, Linden among other areas.
GWI says it is aiming to reduce water losses, referred to as Non-Revenue Water from 70% in 2019 to 55% in 2025.
