{"id":5839,"date":"2018-06-08T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2018-06-08T13:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projectcalls.com\/?p=5839"},"modified":"2018-06-07T22:17:08","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T03:17:08","slug":"guyana-to-upgrade-water-sector-with-funding-from-cdb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/guyana-to-upgrade-water-sector-with-funding-from-cdb\/","title":{"rendered":"Guyana to upgrade water sector with funding from CDB"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"page-heading block-background block-inner\">\n<p class=\"col10\">The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of USD1.3 million (mn) to assist in upgrading the water sector in Guyana. The funds, provided to the Government of Guyana, will be used to provide consultancy services to develop a national water policy, as well as to provide designs and estimates for the construction of water treatment plants and the upgrade of related infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>The Government of Guyana is currently seeking to enhance the management of its water resources, as well as increase the availability and access of water to communities. We expect that these funds will be used to provide technically viable solutions for the improvement of water supply to approximately 68,000 people who live along in the coast as well as in the hinterland regions<\/em>,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Daniel Best, Director of Projects at CDB<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>In laying the groundwork for the construction of water treatment plants and the upgrade of existing infrastructure, under the Water Sector Enhancement Project, consultants will also conduct a study to determine the feasibility of using water from the Hope Canal for potable water purposes; prepare a national water policy, and develop recommendations for institutional strengthening.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.caribank.org\/news\/guyana-to-upgrade-water-sector-with-funding-from-cdbguyana-to-upgrade-water-sector-with-funding-from-cdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<\/header>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Image:\u00a0\u00a0Hilary Halliwell (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pexels<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved a loan of USD1.3 million (mn) to assist in upgrading the water sector in Guyana. The funds, provided&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":4889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[112],"tags":[116,212],"class_list":["post-5839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-newsdevelopments","tag-guyana","tag-water"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Water-Splashes-and-Streams-Hilary-Halliwell-Pexels.jpeg?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-1wb","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20034,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/chinese-and-brazilian-firms-in-running-for-billion-dollar-linden-to-mabura-hill-road-project\/","url_meta":{"origin":5839,"position":0},"title":"Chinese and Brazilian firms in running for billion-dollar Linden to Mabura Hill road project","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"January 6, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guyana The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)-funded Linden to Mabura Hill road construction and upgrading project has attracted billion-dollar bids from Chinese and Brazilian companies. 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