Tag Archives: WATER

Gov’t extends free water to end of year

The Government of Ghana has extended the implementation of the free water supply to homes in the country till December 31 this year, a statement issued by the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources has said. According to the statement on Wednesday, September 23, this is to enable Ghanaians to …

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We boil frog-infested water until the animals die and use it for soup – Tortibo chief

The Dade Mantse of Tortibo, Mr Steven Teye, has said the people of the area, who rely on a frog-infested water source for domestic use, normally boil the fetched water until the amphibians die in it and then use it to prepare their soup. He told Kwame Appiah Kubi on …

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[VIDEO]: Tortibo residents share water with frogs, as clean water source dries up

Residents of Tortibo, a farming community with a few palm wine tappers in the Pupuni electoral area of the Asuogyaman district of the Eastern Region of Ghana, say they are forced to drink from a frog-infested water source due to the unavailability and access to clean and healthy water in …

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These areas won’t have water from Sept. 14 – 20

The management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced that there will be an interruption of water supply from Monday, 14 to Saturday, 20 September 2020 to the Eastern part of the Greater Accra Region. This is to enable GWCL engineers to replace close to 2 kilometres of …

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Sremanu Get Potable Water As A Result Of Ncce Social Auditing

Sremanu Community is one of the communities that benefited from the 2019 Social Auditing Nationwide Engagements by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in the Akatsi South District of the Volta Region. The District Director, Rev. Vincent Adzika, last year inaugurated a seven-member Social Auditing Committee and assigned them …

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Obey Akufo-Addo’s order and stop billing water consumers – GWCL

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has cautioned water vendors, landlords and landladies to desist from selling water to consumers as it is against the President’s directives of giving out free water. President Akufo-Addo, as part of measures to reduce the economic effect of COVID-19 on Ghanaian pockets, instructed that water …

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Gov’t releases funds for coronavirus free water

The Ministry of Finance has released the first tranche of funds for the free water supplied to Ghanaians under the COVID-19 pandemic combat and impact mitigation measures. At a media briefing in Accra on Friday,7th August 2020, to throw light on the subject, the Chief Executive of Community Water and Sanitation Agency …

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Govt initiates project to improve water and sanitation in Ashanti Region

Government will soon outdoor a project to improve water and sanitation in the Ashanti Region. The 85 million dollars project, will involve the construction of household toilet facilities, replace obsolete pipelines as well as the installation of other sanitation facilities in Kumasi and other big towns in the Region. Madam …

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President commissions GH¢73.4 million water systems in Central Region

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned two water systems in the Central Region under the Additional Financing Sustainable Rural Water and Sanitation Project (AF-SRWSP). They are the Anomansa Cluster Water System, which would provide potable water to more than 7,000 residents from 19 communities in the Mfantseman Municipality and Papase Cluster …

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