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Oct 14, 2012 News
New Amsterdam, since Friday, has been without a supply of potable water. According to several residents, their taps suddenly went dry some time on Friday. The town has a population of over 20,000.
Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, when contacted yesterday said that he was unaware of the problem although he himself is a resident of New Amsterdam. However, he noticed that no water was coming through his taps at home.
He promised to investigate, but chided the water company for not informing residents of the disruption.
This latest disruption in water supply affecting a main town in Berbice comes at the same time when residents of the Upper Corentyne area, especially in Corriverton, have been receiving irregular supplies of water, since the Guyana Water Incorporated’s Queenstown Water Treatment Plant has been, for weeks now, supplying the Skeldon Sugar Factory with treated water, which is being used to wash the canes.
This was confirmed by the estate managers during a visit to the Skeldon Factory last weekend by Minister of Health Dr. Leslie Ramsammy.
Efforts to contact the New Amsterdam Water Treatment Plant and Queenstown Water Treatment Plant all weekend proved futile. The GWI Hotline was not in service.
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