Michael Tawiah Klutse
The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has stated that it does not have the capacity to provide a 24-hour water supply to all consumers, as it is currently managing available resources to ensure that communities receive some level of supply.
Speaking in an interview yesterday on Citi Breakfast Show, Chief Manager for Corporate Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation at GWL, Michael Tawiah Klutse, said the company’s current operational capacity makes it difficult to guarantee uninterrupted water supply to every consumer.
“We don’t have the capacity to serve every single person 24/7 at the moment. What we have is what we are managing for everybody to get something. If an area is a bit at elevations that are higher than our normal flow, we need to put in interventions to be able to build up pressure to those area,” he stated.
He said differences in the elevation of communities has affected water distribution, with residents in higher-lying areas facing greater challenges in accessing water than those in lower-lying areas.
According to him, communities situated at higher elevations require additional interventions to generate enough pressure to push water through the distribution network, while those in lower-lying areas receive water more easily.
By Ebenezer K. Amponsah