three districts get potable water

Aveyime (V/R), Ghana– In line with meeting government’s Growth and Poverty Reduction Strategy and the Millennium Development Goals, it had provided an 11 million dollar water supply system for three district in the North Tongu District of the Volta Region.
The three District Water Supply projects which would serve the potable water need of 108 communities with a population of 120,000 was co-funded by the Danish International Development Agency and the Department for International Development.
Shiekh IC Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister who commissioned the project said government wanted to find lasting solutions to the water problems in the area, “accordingly, feasibility studies started in 2002 under the small towns’ water scheme for surface water.”
“This project brings to an end the suffering of our people who have suffered the severe lack of potable water over the years” he said.
Sheikh Quaye noted that government was committed to reducing poverty and improving the health and living conditions of people through the provision of water and sanitation facilities especially in the rural communities.
He urged all households to take advantage of the project, “construct appropriate household places of convenience and avoid poor environmental practices which will take away the benefits of safe water supply”.
Dr Philips Gyau-Boakye, Chief Executive Officer, Community Water and Sanitation Agency said it was the single largest rural water supply project facilitated by the agency since 1998.
He said it was conceived out of the difficult hydro-geological conditions in the Accra Plains.
Dr Gyau-Boakye noted that to ensure sustainability, the project would be under the management of the Water and Sanitation Development Board through a private operator and urged beneficiaries to take good care of the system.
Mr Minta Aboagye, Director Water Resources of the Sector Ministry urged the communities to pay service charges on time.
Mr Lars Moller Larsen, Councellor, Royal Danish Embassy said water and sanitation underpinned other targets of the MDGs adding, improved access to safe water supply can also increase economic well-being at the households level”.
“The ultimate goal of our joint efforts here is to enable poor people to lead healthier lives through improved management of water resources”.
The three district water project consists: an intake structure, treatment plant, pump house, clear water well, reservoirs and transmission and distribution networks.