Guyana improves sewage services
Published:Friday | October 29, 2010 | 8:51 AM
Guyana’s government is to provide improved sewage service to 52,000 people in the capital city of Georgetown.
It’s also to help eliminate neglected tropical diseases with a US$9.5 million loan approved by the Inter-American Development Bank.
The funds will be used by Guyana Water Incorporated, a public utility owned by the government, to improve the operational performance of the Georgetown sewerage system through the reconstruction of its most critical components.
A portion of the loan will also be used to finance public health programmes that will limit the transmission of water-related neglected tropical diseases.
These and other diseases have reportedly persisted in parts of Georgetown mainly because the sewage system, built nearly 80 years ago, has frequent blockages and ruptures that can expose residents to untreated wastewater.