Georgetown: The main sewer system in central Georgetown that caters for 52,000 is set to be upgraded by mid-November, 2012.
The Project, which is being dubbed the Georgetown Sanitation Improvement Programme, is valued at US$10M and will be funded by a loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Government of Guyana.
The loan which will be applicable for a five-year period will help to fund four components of the project with the first being the rehabilitation of the Georgetown sewer ring main.
The present upgrades will be running for 30 months, with an 18-month execution and a 12-month defect liability period.
The contract was awarded to S. Jagmohan Hardware Supplies and Contracting Services in collaboration with Nabi and Sons Limited as the Contracting Firms.
The project is also aimed at helping to eliminate the transmission of neglected tropical diseases around the city as well.
Project Manager, Orin Browne said the funds for the project will be spent in phases to upgrade the entire sewer system.
“At present we have an old system which has been in existence since 1929 and the system has clogged up so much that certain parts of the city it overflows.”
He said the total amount of pipes to be laid is 12 kilometers; Browne said 24 different pumping stations assist in pumping the sewage into the ocean.
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