The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has installed two new abstraction pumps out of the four newly acquired by the company, at the intake point of the Weija Treatment Plant to resolve its supply challenges.
Procured with internally generated funds, the 6.2 million Euros equipment, which would improve and increase water supply within the western part of Accra and parts of the Central Region.
Touring the facility and checking the water supply situation at some residences at Fadama and Kwashiema, the Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Mrs Lydia Seyram Alhassan, stated the pumping machines came in handy to help reduce the incident of water shortages in these areas.
She noted that with the extra capacity of new pumps, GWL expects water to be flowing on daily basis and not on weekly or monthly basis like what customers had experienced for a period of time now. "What you have seen is just one part of Greater Accra, that is the western part of Greater Accra, similar thing is happening in the Volta region at the Keta water, which is 71 per cent complete, Wenchi water also about 72 per cent and Takoradi, Techiman water projects about 74 per cent complete." The Managing Director of GWL, Dr Clifford Braimah, said the new intakes had increased pumping capacity at a stable level from 120,000 cubic metres to 145,000 cubic metres per day.