[ 2011-04-18 ]

Weija's spillways

Accra's water supply faces 7-week disruptions
The Ghana Water Company is warning that its
planned water rationing programme for Accra will
be disrupted for at least the next seven weeks.

According to officials, this is because
electricity supply to the Weija Treatment Plant
will be disrupted at regular intervals during the
period to allow the Electricity Company of Ghana
upgrade its systems.

Communications Manager for Aqua Vitens Rand
Limited for Accra-Tema, Nana Yaw Barnie told Joy
News about 80 percent of consumers in Accra and
Tema will be affected during the exercise.

“Because of these series of power interruptions,
they affect whatever effective rationing
programmes we have drawn out,” he said.

He explained that when power goes off, it affects
the pumping station of the water company at Weija
which in turn affects the company’s ability to
distribute water to residents.

“For example, for those of us in Adenta, we get
our water once [every] two weeks [so] last week we
were supposed to get water but because of power
outage we were not able to get the water, so it
means we have to wait for another two weeks before
can get the water,” he explained.

Within the seven weeks, he said, areas such as
Dansoman, Lapaz, Kaneshie, Awoshie, Odorkor,
Korlegornu, Kotobabi, Accra Brewery, Achimota
Brewery, Tesano, Korle-Bu amongst others, will be
affected.

Source - MyjoyOnline

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