As consumers continue to waste water on a daily basis, the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has implemented some measures with the hope of effectively tackling the issue.Director of Capital Investment and Planning, Sizwe Jackson, told this newspaper that water wastage continues to be an ongoing problem for the water company, and, as such, GWI has moved to implement a total of 15,000 new water meters countrywide.So far, approximately 6,000 of these meters have already been implemented.Jackson said that with this new step taken by GWI, it is expected that consumers will learn to conserve water,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, since, if it is wasted, they will be billed and have to pay more.The water company has also moved to upgrade 12,000 of its service connections, which is the pipeline that runs from the GWI main line to the homes of consumers. According to Jackson, GWI will put in galvanized pipes so as to make it more robust, since it was found that 80 percent of leaks occur on the line.Jackson explained that with the galvanized pipes in place, it would protect the main, so that it cannot be easily damaged by persons who weed and do constant drainage works. So far, a total of 4,000 of those pipes have been upgraded by the water company.Meanwhile, as it relates to consumers paying their water rates,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Jackson noted that August has been a very bad month for GWI, as the company did not receive its usual revenue.He explained that,cheap nfl jerseys black friday, for last month, the water company only received approximately $100 million in revenue from its consumers, in contrast to $220 million in previous months.However, Jackson did acknowledge that GWI has performed better this year,NFL Jerseys Supply, as compared to last year, as it relates to collecting its water rates.Recently,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI), Karan Singh, had said that many Guyanese continue to waste water despite the water company pleading with the public to conserve water.The CEO had noted that Guyanese are very indisciplined when it comes to the use of water. He urged for everyone to work collaboratively with the water company in order to improve the service.

he fact that the relationship between Guyana and the United States has evolved since forging diplomatic ties in 1966, was highlighted last evening by President Donald Ramotar as he offered remarks at the 237th Independence Day celebration of the United States hosted by Ambassador, D. Brent Hardt, and his wife at their residence.However, even as he spoke of the friendly ties the two countries share, the Guyanese Head of State, in diplomatic style, emphasised the need for the relations to always abide within “the principals of mutual respect and understanding and non-interference in each other’s affairs.”“These are the important principles laid down by the United Nations following the terrible consequences of the Second World War, which should always be our guide. That is the right of nations to self-determination. That is what our early leaders were trying to assert in the struggle for independence and in post-Independence Guyana.”Moreover, he insisted that Guyana is ready to play its part in the revolution of global problems, even as he alluded to Guyana’s Low Carbon Development Strategy, which is aimed at combating climate change without compromising economic progress.The President in his deliberations last evening also disclosed that Guyana is ready to work in partnership with the United States to fight crimes, terrorism and trafficking in persons even as he underscored that the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative is also an important initiative as it has contributed to national efforts.“We remain committed to the implementation of the various facets of that programme,” said Ramotar as he highlighted what he described as the “valuable partnership of the United States with the Caribbean in advancing another element of our security agenda” which is the Region’s Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy.In fact,Cheap China Jerseys Authentic, he took note of the fact that regular funding provided through the United States Southern Command to the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency for humanitarian assistance and programmes has been augmented to include the construction of a training facility and a regional coordination centre with a warehouse. This facility, he observed,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, will also house the new Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Barbados.And according to Ramotar “we are very appreciative of this assistance and I am looking forward to the completion of this project that would be another tangible demonstration of the collaboration between the United States and the countries of the Caribbean in strengthening Disaster Management in the Region.”This project, he believes, would prove to be invaluable in saving lives and property as well.And even as he alluded to other collaborations with the United States and recounted moves by the country which achieved its independence on July 4, 1776, Ramotar expressed conviction that over the last 237 years, the people of the US have been inspired by the words of its Independence Declaration.The words he was alluding to was “we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”The President also expressed his belief that “these are universal declarations that all people strive for in different conditions” even as he emphasised that “the people of the United States have gone on to build the largest economy in the world and the most powerful military machine ever known.”In his remarks last evening Ambassador Hardt, in looking back since July 4 last year, observed that relations between the United States and Guyana and the United States and the Caribbean Community have never been closer or more dynamic.“When I arrived in Guyana,Wholesale China Jerseys, I emphasised that the United States’ goal was to work as a close partner to help build a secure, prosperous, healthy and democratic Guyana and Caribbean Community.”“Working with the Government and people of the Region, we have accomplished much; with continued mutual support, we can accomplish even more,” added Hardt.He made reference to the fact that it was just last month that Vice President Joseph Biden was able to meet with President Ramotar and other Caricom Heads of State in Trinidad for wide-ranging discussions to explore avenues for closer collaboration.And even as he spoke of other avenues of collaboration that have been engaged and are continuing, Ambassador Hardt noted that at the start of this year, the US Embassy had joined with other diplomatic missions in expressing “our confidence that this would be the year in which Guyana would move forward to ensure that its citizens benefit from strong and effective local governance to buil