{"id":26153,"date":"2025-02-08T20:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26153"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:40:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:40:43","slug":"hinterland-regions-benefit-from-new-water-wells-improving-access-to-potable-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/hinterland-regions-benefit-from-new-water-wells-improving-access-to-potable-water\/","title":{"rendered":"Hinterland Regions Benefit from New Water Wells, Improving Access to Potable Water"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | January 5, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a significant development for hinterland communities, a total of 56 new water wells have been completed, improving access to clean and potable water for over 15,000 residents. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This milestone marks the first time many of these communities will have reliable access to clean water, greatly benefiting hundreds of families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Hon. Susan Rodrigues, highlighted this achievement during a year-end press conference. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She announced that an additional $2.1 billion had been invested in 2024 to further enhance water supply systems in the hinterland regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rodrigues emphasized the government\u2019s improved efficiency in well drilling activities, allowing for better service delivery through the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The government\u2019s collaboration with local village councils was also praised, with efforts to provide employment opportunities to Amerindian communities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These partnerships have helped in the construction of infrastructure, such as pipe networks, bringing water directly to households in these areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The success of this initiative reflects the government&#8217;s commitment to ensuring that sustainable water access is extended to all corners of the country, contributing to the economic growth and well-being of hinterland residents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | January 5, 2025 In a significant development for hinterland communities, a total of 56 new water wells have been completed, improving access to clean and potable&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26153","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=26153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26154,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26153\/revisions\/26154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}