In an effort to provide quality water to the people of Guyana, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) in collaboration with the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) has embarked on a $600 million project,Wholesale Stitched Jerseys, which will see the establishment of two water treatment facilities.One of the facilities will be located at Central Ruimveldt and be known as the Iron Treatment Plant while the other will be in Sophia and called the Sophia Iron Removal Treatment Plant.Construction ongoing at the Central Ruimveldt Iron Treatment Plan. So far, construction has already commenced at both locations and is scheduled to be completed by April 24, 2009. The works are being executed by the Trinidad-based company called UBM.During a media tour of the Ruimveldt location yesterday, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GWI, Karan Singh, said that the two treatment plants will have the capacity to produce up to 12 million litres of purified water per day.Each of these facilities,Cheap NBA Jerseys China, he said, will serve over 23,000 residents of the Central Ruimveldt areas, such as East and West Ruimveldt, Shirley Field Ridley Square, Roxanne Burnham Gardens, Tucville and South Ruimveldt Gardens,Cheap Jerseys Online, while the Sophia facility will benefit another 18,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,000 residents of Sophia,Wholesale Jerseys From China, Lamaha Gardens, Section K Campbellville and Prashad Nagar.The projects are approximately 20 per cent completed and are on schedule for the proposed deadline. When completed and fully operational, Singh said that these facilities will complete what can be termed a ‘Complete Water Distribution System’ to the mentioned areas.According to the CEO, as a water conservation measure, the areas will be metered and residents are being encouraged to ensure the integrity of their internal plumbing and to report any leaks on their service connections to GWI.“But I think what is important for the people to understand is the investment that the government of Guyana is putting into the water sector and what GWI is putting into the sector,” Singh said.For this year alone, approximately $1.5 billion will be spent on works that are indicative in improving service levels to consumers in various parts of the country, Mr Singh said.He explained that these facilities are geared towards ensuring that the quality of the water provided to the residents is of a high quality, as it was noted that there will be a purification process at each of the facility.Singh assured that the water treatment plants will produce water that is as safe as any bottled water.He noted that there are persons who are still buying bottled water,Cheap MLB Jerseys Authentic, even though GWI keeps assuring them that the water the company produces is safe to drink.‘This plant is there to produce water that is as safe as any bottled water. Once you smell a little bit of chlorine in your water, then you can know it’s very safe. Many people today don’t even like the smell of chlorine in their water and once they can afford it, they prefer to buy the bottled water, in many instances which does not have any chlorine inside. It’s folic water, and that’s why it’s bottled and sealed,” Singh noted. He revealed that more than 60 per cent of water produced by GWI is not used for drinking by persons, but instead it is being used for gardening and washing, among other things.(Fareeza Haniff)