{"id":13361,"date":"2023-10-20T15:23:16","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=13361"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:23:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:23:17","slug":"gwi-undertakes-emergency-repairs-for-ruptured-main-in-kingston-georgetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gwi-undertakes-emergency-repairs-for-ruptured-main-in-kingston-georgetown\/","title":{"rendered":"GWI Undertakes Emergency Repairs for Ruptured Main in Kingston, Georgetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In an urgent response, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) initiated emergency repair operations to address a ruptured main near Battery Road in Kingston, Georgetown, close to the Pegasus Hotel and the Umana Yana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The rupture, which occurred either overnight or early Sunday morning, severely impacted water supply to businesses and residences in the vicinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aubrey Miller, the on-site supervisor, outlined the challenges faced by the GWI team in locating the exact source of the rupture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that the main is positioned beneath the pavement, making it more complex to identify and address the issue promptly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, areas including Pegasus experienced low water pressure, exacerbating the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, GWI has advised residents of Central Georgetown about a planned water service disruption on Monday, October 16, from 22:00hrs, expected to last for approximately four hours. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This interruption is essential for the relocation and interconnection of transmission mains off the carriage way on Aubrey Barker Road.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GWI team is working diligently to rectify the situation and restore regular water supply to the affected areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an urgent response, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) initiated emergency repair operations to address a ruptured main near Battery Road in Kingston, Georgetown, close to the Pegasus Hotel and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":13362,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13363,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13361\/revisions\/13363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}