Pure Water Supply Centenary Gift for British Guiana City

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 148, 10 July 1937, Page 18

Pure Water Supply Centenary Gift for British Guiana City

GEORGETOWN.— This city, capital of British Guianp, on the South American mainland, is celebrating this month the Centenary of its municipality. To mark the occasion it is proposed to prosent the city with a pure water supply. Tho scheme is cstim'ated to cost 120,000 dollars, half of which is to be subscribcd by banks, commereial houses and private citizens, and the othcr half by tho Imperial Government. Heading the list of subscribers is Mr Reginald Humphrey, the colony's gold magnate, with a check for 5000 dollars. Another subscriber is the Daily Argosy with 500 dollars. Georgetown gets its drinking water from cisterns and tanks that collect rain water, as well as from a few artesian wells. A large reservoir 100 miles inland, provides the city with water for baths, washing, and other uses, but this water is not ideal for drinking purposes. 'The now- scheme is to purify tho water from the reservoir and so provide Ihe city with a potable water supply the year round.