(Kaieteur News) – The Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) has pushed back on a Public Utilities Commission (PUC) report that raised concerns about drinking water quality in Regions 4, 7 and 10, insisting that the issues identified relate to aesthetic and operational factors rather than public health risks.

In a statement issued Thursday, GWI responded directly to a Kaieteur News article headlined “Unsafe drinking water flagged in Regions 4, 7 and 10,” arguing that the framing was misleading and had created unnecessary alarm among consumers.

The PUC report examined treatment facilities at Amelia’s Ward, Wisroc, McKenzie, Linden Power Company, Grove, Friendship, Better Hope, Sparendaam and Bartica, finding that parameters including pH, turbidity and iron concentration fell outside the operational ranges recommended by the World Health Organisation.