The Executive Secretary of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), Dr Shafic Suleman, has paid a four-day working visit to the Western Region.
The tour, which ended on Monday, afforded Dr Suleman to pay courtesy calls on the regional management of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Twin City Energy.
The visit, which also took the PURC boss to some Corporate Social Responsibility projects (Pro-poor water project) sites undertaken by the PURC at Mampong Nkran, Abasaa and Apremdo, to enhance the collaboration between the PURC and the regulated utilities.
The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) team, led by Chief Manager, Mr Richard Esoun, briefed the Executive Secretary on their performance and challenges, some of which included, non-payment of water bill, theft of water meters, damages to their transmission and distribution pipelines by road contractors as well as the pollution their raw water and siltation of the intake points.
