{"id":26163,"date":"2025-02-08T20:57:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26163"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:57:23","slug":"coastland-water-treatment-plant-expansion-to-achieve-90-coverage-by-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/coastland-water-treatment-plant-expansion-to-achieve-90-coverage-by-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Coastland Water Treatment Plant Expansion to Achieve 90% Coverage by 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | January 6, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Housing and Water is on track to meet its goal of 90% treated water coverage for residents along the coast by the end of 2025, marking a significant improvement from 2020, when only 52% of the population had access to treated water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Hon. Susan Rodrigues, shared that a strategic plan has been developed to ensure the expansion of treated water coverage, with the target set at 92% by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She emphasized that the government is committed to delivering measurable results for the country\u2019s water infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Coastal Water Treatment Program, designed to boost coverage to 90%, includes the construction of seven large water treatment plants, 15 smaller plants, and upgrades to 12 existing plants nationwide. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative is part of a broader effort to improve water access and quality for residents, while also preparing for future population growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In November 2024, the Ministry received a supplementary allocation of $1.9 billion to support these projects, which will help expand treated water coverage and ensure that the program delivers its objectives on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With these efforts, the Ministry of Housing and Water is working toward achieving its ambitious target, ensuring that the benefits of treated water will reach a broader population across the coastland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | January 6, 2025 The Ministry of Housing and Water is on track to meet its goal of 90% treated water coverage for residents along the coast&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":24602,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26163","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=26163"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26164,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26163\/revisions\/26164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}