{"id":26130,"date":"2025-02-08T20:13:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26130"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:13:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:13:07","slug":"govt-targets-100-clean-water-access-in-hinterland-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/govt-targets-100-clean-water-access-in-hinterland-by-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov\u2019t Targets 100% Clean Water Access in Hinterland by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | January 3, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government is on track to achieving full clean water coverage in the hinterland by 2025, with 91% of the population now having access to safe, high-quality water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This progress aligns with the administration\u2019s commitment to improving living standards in remote communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Between 2021 and 2024, significant strides were made, with over 90% of residents in every hinterland region now receiving water that meets health and safety standards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Efforts continue to bridge the remaining gap, ensuring universal access within the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For households in remote locations where the water network cannot reach, the government will provide water storage tanks to support rainwater harvesting as an alternative solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since August 2020, more than $5.5 billion has been invested in hinterland water infrastructure, with $2.1 billion allocated in 2024 alone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of broader national development efforts to enhance essential services and improve the quality of life for all citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | January 3, 2025 The government is on track to achieving full clean water coverage in the hinterland by 2025, with 91% of the population now having&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130","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=26130"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26131,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26130\/revisions\/26131"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}