said that the “dangerously” low level now stands at 58.42 Georgetown Datum
Authorities are warning farmers in the Mahaica and Mahaicony area to conserve on water as the Abary conservancy has dropped to an alarmingly low level.Authorities are warning farmers in the Mahaica, Mahaicony and Abary areas about a dangerously low level in the conservancy there.In a notice published yesterday in the Guyana Chronicle, the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary Agricultural Development Authority (MMA-ADA) said that the “dangerously” low level now stands at 58.42 Georgetown Datum (GD). This means that the level is below the dead storage of 59.5 GD.The authority advised persons in the Abary/Berbice block of the MMA area to take immediate steps to conserve and prevent any wastage of irrigation water.Some of the measures that farmers and others in that area must take include checking to ensure that all regulators on the secondary irrigation canals and all field drainage outlets are blocked.Farmers must also take all necessary steps to conserve on field and crop use and report any tampering with structures to authorities, immediately.In the Mahaica and Mahaicony areas, farmers are being warned to regulate their pumping activities, taking into consideration the needs of others and avoid any tampering with or damage to infrastructure.The MMA area is home to thousands of farmers. |