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Work on expansion of water supply to
Oguaa, nearing completion
Sekyere-Heman (W/R) Mar. 22, GNA- The construction of the
new water treatment plant to tap water from the Pra river at
Sekyere- Heman, in the western region to increase supply
water to Cape Coast and it environs is about 75 percent
complete.
The project, began last year, is estimated to cost 38
million Euros and involves the construction of two
clarifies, a reservoir and a booster station, laying of 60
kilometres of pipelines of various diameters, and the
extension of power distribution network.
Mr Paul Breukers, project engineer, made this known on
Thursday, when he took staff of the Ghana Water Company
Limited (GWCL), students of the Ghana National College and
Edinaman Secondary School and newsmen round the project to
mark the celebration of World Water Day under the theme;
“coping with water scarcity”, in the Central Region.
Mr Breukers said the treatment plant is designed to produce
6,600 million gallons of treated water a day, with
communities, including Komenda, Kissi, Abrem-Agona, Ayensudu,
Ataabadze, Elmina and Cape Coast as the beneficiaries.
He said work was expected to be completed by November this
year and expressed the hope that it would go a long way to
end the perennial water shortage in Cape Coast and its
environs.
Mr Emmanuel Kwaku Appiah, the Regional Engineer of the GWCL
for his part, commended the Ballast Nedam B.V, a Dutch
company, for the work done so far and urged them to complete
it on schedule.
He gave the assurance that the level of water in the Brimsu
dam, was about 17 feet, and that he does not envisage any
water shortage in the Cape Coast municipality this year.
He however, urged the public to use treated water
judiciously, and avoid using it for the washing of cars and
watering flowers and repeated calls on the public to protect
and preserve sources of water and water bodies, and to
desist from farming along such bodies, to help reduce water
problems in the region.
He also commended the government for putting in a place a
multi-sectoral approach in solving the water problem in the
Central Region, adding that if the Sekyere-Heman and
Baifikrom treatment plants are completed in addition to the
Kwanyaku and Winneba plants, the perennial water problems in
the region “would be a thing of the past”.
GNA
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