By: Peter Agengre
Management, financing and budgeting for satisfactory operation and management are said to be the challenges facing the operational and managerial services for the attainment of Sustainable Development Goal six.
This may increase the risk of water, sanitation and hygiene related diseases.
At a one day dissemination workshop for various District Coordinating Directors and others at Bolgatanga in the Upper East Region, ensuring quality in the provision of water emerged.
“The main objectives of the dissemination and action planning workshop are to create awareness of the existence of a framework for managing drinking water quality in the country. It also expects to equip participants with the skill and competence to operationalize the National Drinking Water Quality Management framework” WASH Technical Specialist, World Vision Ghana, Attah Arhin said.
Government in 2016 finalized the National Drinking Water Quality Management Framework which sought to pay attention to water safety planning from the catchment to the household.
Attah Arhin explains that it is often important to consider its quality when considering to provide water to a community. He said participants are expected to relay the content of the framework to develop workable plans to improve water quality at their various communities and districts.
The five year project of Enhancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (EN-WASH) has Global Communities as the lead implementer and World Vision as one of the implementing partners.
The participants drawn from Northern, North East, Upper East, Upper West, Savannah and Oti Regions who spoke to GBC News said they would “collaborate with government to enhance governance and planning for WASH service delivery, strengthen sustainable WASH financing among others.”
The Water Safety Planning approach is the primary WASH sector tool implemented to ensure that multiple barriers are put in place from the catchment to the point of use.
This is to effectively manage the risk associated with the exposure of contaminated drinking water to the public and protecting public health.
