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    IDB Helps Guyanese City Get Better Water Service

    By Eliza Villarino // 20 June 2011

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    The Inter-American Development Bank is providing $12 million to support a five-year program that seeks to enhance the efficiency, quality and sustainability of drinking water service in Guyana’s second largest city, Linden.

    The loan will be used to build two treatment plans and two large reservoirs, develop a management plan to reduce revenue losses, and strengthen the operation and maintenance performance of Guyana Water Inc. in Linden.

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