{"id":32385,"date":"2026-10-09T20:58:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=32385"},"modified":"2026-10-09T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T00:58:42","slug":"gwi-commissions-water-refilling-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/gwi-commissions-water-refilling-station\/","title":{"rendered":"GWI commissions Water Refilling Station\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;&nbsp;<strong>In Amelia\u2019s Ward<\/strong><strong>, Linden<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Guyana Water Incorporated on Thursday commissioned a water refilling station in Amelia\u2019s Ward, providing access\u00a0to distilled water at a\u00a0nominal\u00a0cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the commissioning of the first water refilling plant in Linden, Chief Executive Officer of\u00a0GWI\u00a0Shaik Baksh\u00a0urged\u00a0residents\u00a0to\u00a0make full use of the facility.\u00a0<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10.png 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-post-featured-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10.png 1600w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-10-1536x864.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He pointed out that&nbsp;over the past five years over&nbsp;one billion dollars has&nbsp;been spent&nbsp;to improve water&nbsp;facilities in the Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>Wisroc, we are doing a lot of work now to upgrade the facility at\u00a0Wisroc\u00a0and we are doing a lot of improvement work also at Mc Kenzie; on the three treatment plants. \u00a0On this side now you have Amelia\u2019s Ward, a lot of work\u00a0going\u00a0on\u00a0here,\u00a0Right now a contractor should be completing those works by the end of this month. Two filters are clogged up and we are putting in, rehabilitating two filters here<\/strong>,\u201d he said. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Baksh&nbsp;also announced plans to drill a new well&nbsp;in the Housing area, Phase 4 Amelia\u2019s Ward&nbsp;and&nbsp;set up another&nbsp;bottling plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CEO said that equally important is the decommissioning of the LPC plant&nbsp;noting&nbsp;that residents will be serviced from the wells.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;&nbsp;In Amelia\u2019s Ward, Linden The Guyana Water Incorporated on Thursday commissioned a water refilling station in Amelia\u2019s Ward, providing access\u00a0to distilled water at a\u00a0nominal\u00a0cost. 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