The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has clamped down on two businessmen who are reportedly stealing water from the company and not paying their water bills.Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GWI, Karan Singh, at a press conference Friday,
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NFL Cheap Jerseys, after several searches of his premises, GWI finally found the illegal water connection. In order to get its money, GWI plans to take the man to court.“The courts will have to give us justice…and there are many more like him…There is another one on the West Demerara…I don’t want to call his name as yet. Lots and lots of people are bent on stealing water. Why? It’s not that they can’t afford it,” Singh said.He explained that the people who are involved in the business of making concrete blocks need to find alternative sources of water, and not to use the purified water provided by GWI to soak and cure the blocks.“People are stealing water, people are wasting water, people are using the water for agricultural purposes, people are allowing water to go in their fish ponds and their duck ponds, and we have to deal with the other customers who are not getting a service,” the CEO said.He explained that unmetered customers receive their charges on an annual basis,
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NFL Jerseys Outlet, you want to pay for everything, and you don’t want to pay for water. We are not going to tolerate that. Water is life, you use it everyday, and if you can’t pay for it, then we are going to deal with you accordingly. That’s the bottom line,” Singh pointed out. Meanwhile, he added that metered customers are placed in categories, as there are those who are large commercial customers and are billed monthly, while the medium and small customers are billed quarterly.He noted that GWI might not be able to read the meters of all customers, but they are billed based on the trend that they have been paying on.“Your trend is established by the amount of water you use every month. So if we miss a bill, all we have to do is estimate for that period what your consumption is likely to be.”Singh noted that the water supply has to be treated as serious business in the country.
