The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has taken delivery of four new pumps to enhance the 120,000m³ daily average production capacity of the Weija Treatment Plant in Accra.
The treatment plant, which has two intake stations for raw water abstraction, is expected to produce about 26 million gallons of water a day.
However, according to the utility company, in the last three months, there have been problems with some of the old pumps at the intake stations, reducing production to about 20 per cent of the total capacity - some million gallons a day.
According to the GWL, the four new pumps and four motors with other components, when fully installed and functional by the end of October, would shore up the 20 per cent shortfall in production and improve distribution.