D&I UPDATE

Thursday 24 th May at 2:00 pm, 2007

 

• There is a break in the weather over the past 24 hours and flood and high waters are receding; there are reports of flooding in Canal No. 1 & 2. All Sluices and pumps have been put into operation and are closely monitored.
• Additional drainage pump from OMAI will be installed at Liliendaal today.

Region No.	Flood Area	High Water Level in Channels	State of Sluice/outfall	Comments
2	No report of flooding.	No Reports of high waters.	Ok.	All Sluices/Pumps are operable. Construction of drainage sluice at Westbury is in progress. Remedial works to Charity sluice are in progress. Sluice is operable. - High waters are receding.
3	Report of flooding in low areas canal no. 1 & 2.	Reports of high waters in Canal No. 1 and 2.	Ok.	All Sluices/Pumps are operable. Pulling of Hammer is ongoing to remove vegetation (moss) in canal No. 1 and No. 2. Cleaning of drains in Bell West in progress. High and flood water are receding.
4	No report of flooding	Reports of high waters in Montrose, Better Hope and Anns Grove/Greenfield areas.	Excavation of outfall channel at: Belfield to commence shortly.	All fixed and mobile pumps are operable. Jet pump will be deployed to Hope clear outfall channel. Mobile pump installed at Supply Mahaica and is operable. Excavation of pump basin at Victoria completed. Repairs to one of the three drainage pumps at Huntly is being carried out and will be completed today. High waters are receding.
5	No Report of flooding	No report of high waters.	Ok	- All Sluices/Pumps are operable. - Repairs to Bellamy Sluice completed. - Cleaning of Wash Clothes canal in progress. - NDIA excavators are currently working within the Mahaica/Mahaicony area.
6	No Report of flooding.	No Reports of High waters in low areas of No. 19.	Ok.	Repairs to Bolam drainage pump completed. Remedial works is being carried out on sluice door at Moleson Creek. Manual cleaning of 52/74 Façade Canal in progress. High water in No. 19 &52/74 are receding. High waters are receding.
10	No report of flooding.	No Report of High waters.	Ok.	- 24 contracts have been awarded to CDC groups to undertake maintenance works.
GEORGETOWN
-	Reports of minor flooding in low areas of Low areas of Sophia.	Reports of High Waters in: Sophia, Cummings Lodge.	Ok.	-NDIA Mobile pumps at Kitty and Liliendaal are operable. - One electrical pump at Kitty pump is operable. - City Engineer’s department reported that drainage pumps at River view and Kingston is presently being repaired and will be completed by Friday. - High and flood waters continue to recede.

 

GUYSUCO
-	No report of flooding	Reports of High waters at Montrose.	Ok.	- All Sluices and pumps are operable. - Sluice doors at Montrose and LBI are defective and operate at low tides. GUYSUCO is monitoring the operation of these Sluices.

 

Water Level in Conservancies

East Demerara Water Conservancy
Full Supply Level (GD)	Present Level (GD)	Average Dam Level (GD)	Condition of Dam
57.50	57.00 ( Flagstaff) 57.05 (Lama) 55.30 ( Land of Caanan)	59.0	All five doors at Land of Canian are opened to discharge water into the Demerara at low tides only. Water is being discharged at Kofi and Cunia outlet at low tide.
Boerasirie Water Conservancy
61.55	61.30 (Leonora)	62.5	Water is being discharged into the Bonisika River through the Waramia Five door sluice. Water is being discharged at Naamyrck relief sluice. Discharging of excess water at Potsi commence today.
Abary Conservancy
64.0	63.83	66.5	- All relief structures are closed.

 

Mahaica Creek Level: 53.60 GD

Mahaicony Creek Level: 54.0 GD

Abary Creek Level: 54.25 GD

NDIA

07/05/24