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Friday, March 11, 2016 |
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No more illegal
connections of water- As AVRL sets up GIS
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh, Ghanadot
The problems of illegal connections of water will be a thing of
the past, as Aqua Vitren Rand Limited (AVRL), the company
operating on behalf of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has
set up the Geographic Information System Departments in the
Greater Accra, Ashanti, Central and Brong Ahafo regions.
The Northern Regional office of the GIS will be completed by the
end of the year, while the Eastern, Western, and Volta regions
will be hooked up to the system in the near future.
The overall goals of the departments are to provide a geographic
framework which would serve as a tool to support the company to
develop a plan for systematic measurement and reduction of
non-revenue water in the service area, develop plans for flow
control and the effective management of districts to the walk
and cycle level to know where the strategic assets are located,
conditions of the assets, develop applications and manage
remotely these assets to increase revenue collection so as to
increase sustainable potable water service delivery.
This came to light at the commissioning of the GIS Department in
Accra.
The Manager of the Geographic Information Systems, Mr. Richard
Appiah Otoo stressed that “We believe the GIS will help the
company to address the problems associated with water delivery
in the country”.
He was quick to say that for the GIS to work effectively and
efficiently there must five key components, including hardware,
software, quality staff and data.
Mr. Otoo revealed that currently a total of 1,494 newly
connected customers were mapped from the beginning of 2009,
while 5,223 customers representing 26% of the total 20,026
untraceable customers for the three Accra-Tema Metropolitan
Areas last year had now been mapped.
He further revealed that a total of 2,038 illegal customers were
regularized during the first quarter of the year 2009 and were
granted amnesty.
Touching on meters reading, the GIS Manager added that the total
number of meters read till date is 25,658.
The Director of Water at Ministry of Water Resources, Works and
Housing, Mr. Mintah Aboagye, who read a speech for the sector
Minister, Mr. Albert Abongo appealed to the company to maintain
the facility so as to provide continually useful information on
customers to enhance service delivery and revenue generation.
To the staff who will be manning the facility, he advised to
work assiduously and desist from any acts that would collapse
the system prompting to reversion to old ways.
Ghanadot
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