The drilling of a new well at Port Mourant, Berbice, Region 6 to the tune of GYD $60M, will increase the production capacity needed to serve surrounding communities for 24 hrs. During a tour of the well site by GWI’s Managing Director and other officials on Friday, June 1, Executive Director of Planning Implementation and Project Building, Mr. Ramchand Jailal, explained that the well, which is being drilled by Trinidadian Company Water and Oil, has reached its required depth of 1100 feet.
Jailal noted that to date, samples have been taken and “We are trying to improve the capacity of this Port Mourant plant because currently we have the wells that are serving this plant, the Williamsburg well is down and the well within this plant has a structural challenge right now so it’s not pumping to its full capacity.”
Dr. Van West-Charles and and engineers observe the drilling of the Port Mourant well
The construction of the current well is part of an emergency plan, since the two wells serving the communities have encountered challenges in producing – the Williamsburg well sustained a breach in its well casing, while the Port Mourant well endured a structural failure.
The aim therefore, is to ensure the new well delivers within the next month. “When this well is completed and tested, we will put the water to the plant…right now the residents within the communities that receive water from the project area, they receive water four hours in the morning, four hours in the afternoon. We are working to achieve a 24 hr supply”, Mr. Jailal stated.
