Acute water shortage hits Otwiso community, residents depend on sachet water
Acute water shortage has hit Otwiso, a community in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region with residents struggling to access potable water for household chores. Ghana News Agency (GNA) during a visit to communities in the area, chanced on some residents, including school girls at Otwiso, near Nkurankan, carrying basins and gallons in […]
Water crisis is not all about climate change – Claire Thomas
By: Hagar Sey, Obonu FM The Co-Executive Director at Minority Rights Group, Madam Claire Thomas, says the water crisis is not just about climate change as most decision-makers want the world to believe. According to her water crisis abounds because most state authorities are making short-term and self-interested decisions. Saying those taking these life-affecting decisions […]
Morocco’s King Calls Water Topmost Priority Of Morocco
By: Napoleon Ato Kittoe King Mohammed VI of Morocco has admonished his countrymen and women, to as a matter of urgency, work themselves into the coordinated system being continually developed to avert a looming water crisis in the Kingdom. The shortfall in water was brought about by a severe drought on the desert. The […]
Water level at Nawuni drops for two consecutive days
By Murtala Issah The planned temporary closure of the Ghana Water Company Limited’s operations at Nawuni in the Kumbungu District of the Northern region may not take place following a steady drop in the water level over the past forty eight hours. The water level in the White Volta River at the intake point in […]
Consider giving quality water to protect public health – MMDAs told
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 […]
NGOs for Sanitation and Water task government to invest more into water treatment
By William Owusu Boateng Discourse on the ”Water for all Agenda” has been on-going, following the programme rolled out by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources. On issues pertaining to quality water for rural Communities, the Chairman, NGOs for Sanitation and Water, Yaw Atta-Arhin tasked the government to, as a matter of urgency, explore […]
Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to begin House-to-House water audit
By Yvonne Atilego The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources will soon start a house-to-house audit of water consumed in houses across the country. This the Ministry says will be done with the Ghana Water Company Limited, GWCL. Sector Minister Cecelia Abena Dapaah who made this known to the media in Accra said the water […]
