GWCL works at full capacity

According to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), the majority of its water treatment plants across the country produce water at full capacity.

According to GWCL 's director of communications, Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) said the majority of its water treatment plants across the country are producing water at full capacity.

Mr. Stanley Martey, director of communications at GWCL, said the improvement in water production resulted from reducing the number of pollutants in the water mbades from which the company had extracted from the water.

Production

In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Martey said, "The GWCL currently produces an average of 192 million gallons a day, compared to 249 million gallons a day."

He added that the company also serves 550,654 customers in all urban areas, representing 77% coverage of urban areas.

GWCL is expected to produce an additional 57 million gallons of water per day to ensure 100% water coverage in urban areas at current demands.

He explained that the company was working in partnership with other agencies to bridge the gap between demand and water supply across the country.

"In Accra, we do not have a water problem, because the Kpong and Weija water treatment plants are both producing at full capacity," he said.

Treatment facilities

He said that four treatment plants that had been shut down last year due to the high turbidity of the Birim River and the Annu River were currently operational.

At the height of galamese in 2017, the turbidity of water in the Birim River rose to about 11,000 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU), compared to the significantly improved level of 50 UTU on average for this month, the Daily Graphic's independent checks revealed.

He said the Konongo, Kyebi, Bunso and Anyinam processing plants, some of the hardest hit, were all back in business.

'After the implementation of the Vanguard operation, the water situation has improved. So we turned all the treatment plants into service and they all produce quality water, "he said.

He added that the low turbidity of the Birim River, while unstable, has allowed water treatment plants to produce quality water.

"The turbidity of the Birim River is intermittent. We believe that some Galamsey operators still live in the forest belt near Bunso and Anyinam and cause the deterioration of the raw water, "he explained.

galamsey

Asked if the country would soon see an intermittent water supply, Mr. Martey said: "The GWCL is not considering any problems at the moment, even though we are approaching the dry season."

However, he expressed concern about the effects that small-scale mining could have on the water mbades, since the ban on illegal logging had been lifted. .
He added that the industries effluent, sand extraction, indiscriminate dumping of waste in the water plans and fishing activities and farm operations along the courses. water also contributed to the pollution of the water plans.

He therefore asked industries and people involved in such activities to stop to allow the treatment plants to continue to produce enough water for everyone.

Teshie water desalination plant

Martey said some areas in Accra were experiencing intermittent water supply due to the closure of the Teshie water desalination plant, a water treatment plant in public partnership. -private, in order to allow the government to renegotiate certain conditions of the contract signed with MM. Befessa, the private company working on the factory.

He explained that the Teshie Processing Plant had been decommissioned on January 1, 2018 due to a deterioration in the quality of the water produced and some renegotiations to be made.

He said the plant had been opened later in the year but was to be closed again.

However, Martey said the renegotiations were still ongoing but well advanced.

"We are about to conclude the negotiations and when we are done, we will inform the public and then ask for the plant to be put back into service," he said.

Way forward

He added that GWCL had planned to build new treatment plants and expand existing ones in order to improve access to water throughout the country.

"GWCL and the government are committed to 100 per cent access to water by 2025; Therefore, our plan is to put more pipes and improve our infrastructure.

"Working to achieve this vision, the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will cut next week for the construction of a water treatment plant in Navrongo to improve the production of water. water in the area, "said Martey.

GWCL workers

In the meantime, workers of the Trade Union of Public Service Workers (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to buy the GWCL from the Teshie desalination plant in order to avoid it. new useless debts.

Workers described the water supply agreement reached with MM. Befessa as "an unnecessary intervention", claiming that GWCL had paid off debts with money that should have been used to build the capacity of workers and improve operating equipment.

A petition signed by PUWU Secretary General Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi indicated that, in accordance with the agreement, GWCL was required to pay a capacity charge of US $ 1.4 million per month to MM. Befessa, whether the factory works or not.

"Once again, the GWCL is forced to pay the desalination plant's electricity bills, which represent an average of 3 million GH ¢ per month (for 2017).

"The desalination plant was a useless intervention.

However, political influence was exerted on the GWCL to ensure the construction of the factory, he added.

The petition further stated that the plant, which was estimated to cost $ 126 million, was to produce 60,000 cubic meters of water (m3) per day,

compared to the proposed $ 273 million expansion of the Kpong water system, with funding from the government and China Exim Bank for the production of 200,000 m3 per day.

Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Public Service Workers' Union, Amiibah Nyaabaa, told the Daily Graphic in Accra that the Ghana Water Company was forced to borrow $ 10 million to cover the capacity load. accumulated.

He added that the country could do without the desalination plant because the GWCL was already building a designated line from Kpong to serve Teshie-Nungua and its surroundings.

"The management is building a designated line in Kpong, about 95% completed, which, once completed, will serve the residents of Teshie-Nungua throughout the day," he added.

Fact sheet

Four water treatment plants were closed last year due to Galamsey 's activities in the East and Ashanti regions.

These were the water treatment plants of Konongo, Kyebi, Bunso and Anyinam.

, the increase in water production is the result of a reduction of pollutants in the water bodies from which the company extracts water.

Production

In an interview with the Daily Graphic in Accra yesterday, Martey said, "The GWCL currently produces an average of 192 million gallons a day, compared to 249 million gallons a day."

He added that the company also serves 550,654 customers in all urban areas, representing 77% coverage of urban areas.

GWCL is expected to produce an additional 57 million gallons of water per day to ensure 100% water coverage in urban areas at current demands.

He explained that the company was working in partnership with other agencies to bridge the gap between demand and water supply across the country.

"In Accra, we do not have a water problem, because the Kpong and Weija water treatment plants are both producing at full capacity," he said.

Treatment facilities

He said that four treatment plants that had been shut down last year due to the high turbidity of the Birim River and the Annu River were currently operational.

At the height of galamese in 2017, the turbidity of water in the Birim River rose to about 11,000 Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU), compared to the significantly improved level of 50 UTU on average for this month, the Daily Graphic's independent checks revealed.

He said the Konongo, Kyebi, Bunso and Anyinam processing plants, some of the hardest hit, were all back in business.

'After the implementation of the Vanguard operation, the water situation has improved. So we turned all the treatment plants into service and they all produce quality water, "he said.

He added that the low turbidity of the Birim River, while unstable, has allowed water treatment plants to produce quality water.

"The turbidity of the Birim River is intermittent. We believe that some Galamsey operators still live in the forest belt near Bunso and Anyinam and cause the deterioration of the raw water, "he explained.

galamsey

Asked if the country would soon see an intermittent water supply, Mr. Martey said: "The GWCL is not considering any problems at the moment, even though we are approaching the dry season."

However, he expressed concern about the effects that small-scale mining could have on the water mbades, since the ban on illegal logging had been lifted. .
He added that the industries effluent, sand extraction, indiscriminate dumping of waste in the water plans and fishing activities and farm operations along the courses. water also contributed to the pollution of the water plans.

He therefore asked industries and people involved in such activities to stop to allow the treatment plants to continue to produce enough water for everyone.

Teshie water desalination plant

Martey said some areas in Accra were experiencing intermittent water supply due to the closure of the Teshie water desalination plant, a water treatment plant in public partnership. -private, in order to allow the government to renegotiate certain conditions of the contract signed with MM. Befessa, the private company working on the factory.

He explained that the Teshie Processing Plant had been decommissioned on January 1, 2018 due to a deterioration in the quality of the water produced and some renegotiations to be made.

He said the plant had been opened later in the year but was to be closed again.

However, Martey said the renegotiations were still ongoing but well advanced.

"We are about to conclude the negotiations and when we are done, we will inform the public and then ask for the plant to be put back into service," he said.

Way forward

He added that GWCL had planned to build new treatment plants and expand existing ones in order to improve access to water throughout the country.

"GWCL and the government are committed to 100 per cent access to water by 2025; Therefore, our plan is to put more pipes and improve our infrastructure.

"Working to achieve this vision, the president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, will cut next week for the construction of a water treatment plant in Navrongo to improve the production of water. water in the area, "said Martey.

GWCL workers

In the meantime, workers of the Trade Union of Public Service Workers (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress have appealed to President Akufo-Addo to buy the GWCL from the Teshie desalination plant in order to avoid it. new useless debts.

Workers described the water supply agreement reached with MM. Befessa as "an unnecessary intervention", claiming that GWCL had paid off debts with money that should have been used to build the capacity of workers and improve operating equipment.

A petition signed by PUWU Secretary General Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi indicated that, in accordance with the agreement, GWCL was required to pay a capacity charge of US $ 1.4 million per month to MM. Befessa, whether the factory works or not.

"Once again, the GWCL is forced to pay the desalination plant's electricity bills, which represent an average of 3 million GH ¢ per month (for 2017).

"The desalination plant was a useless intervention.

However, political influence was exerted on the GWCL to ensure the construction of the factory, he added.

The petition further stated that the plant, which was estimated to cost $ 126 million, was to produce 60,000 cubic meters of water (m3) per day,

compared to the proposed $ 273 million expansion of the Kpong water system, with funding from the government and China Exim Bank for the production of 200,000 m3 per day.

Deputy Secretary General of the Ghana Public Service Workers' Union, Amiibah Nyaabaa, told the Daily Graphic in Accra that the Ghana Water Company was forced to borrow $ 10 million to cover the capacity load. accumulated.

He added that the country could do without the desalination plant because the GWCL was already building a designated line from Kpong to serve Teshie-Nungua and its surroundings.

"The management is building a designated line in Kpong, about 95% completed, which, once completed, will serve the residents of Teshie-Nungua throughout the day," he added.

Fact sheet

Four water treatment plants were closed last year due to Galamsey 's activities in the East and Ashanti regions.

These were the water treatment plants of Konongo, Kyebi, Bunso and Anyinam.

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