Guyanese urged to practice water conservation
Agriculture Minister Zulfikar Mustapha urges Guyanese to practice water conservation as the country continues to experience a prolonged dry season, which is projected to continue until the end of November.
He has also sought to reassure that Guyana has adequate water supply to meet essential needs.
“I spoke to the head of hydromet yesterday, and he told me by the end of next month, we might have some change in the weather. So far, we have enough water in the system to take care of our needs, but that does not mean that we must go about wasting the water. We must conserve the freshwater in the conservancies,” Mustapha said.
He said currently, the water level at the conservancies is at normal height and is hoping that it remains and the country battles the El Nino weather phenomenon.
Mustapha said that the dry weather conditions cause no serious threats.
“I don’t think we are experiencing any serious problems with the dry spell. We have enough water in the system, but I want to appeal to farmers, stakeholders, and residents; we must conserve our fresh water,” Mustapha said.
In August, the Barbados-based Caribbean Climate Outlook Forum (CariCOF) said rainfall deficits are still possible despite the increasing rainfall and that concerns exist for parts of the eastern Caribbean and Belize.
CariCOF had also expressed concerns over long-term drought that can impact rivers and reservoirs by the end of the wet season at the end of November, noting “this raises some initial concerns over water availability entering the 2019/2020 dry season”.
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