Supomu-Dunkwa, April 23, GNA – About 600,000 people in the
Western, Central, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Upper East and Western Regions
are expected to benefit from the World Bank funded Small-Town Water
supply Project in Ghana, before 2015. Mr Joseph Jonah, an engineer of the Community Water and Sanitation
Agency (CWSA), the implementing body, disclosed this at the launch of
the project at Supomu-Dunkwa in the Shama District of the Western
Region. He said that under the sanitation component of the project, household
latrines for individuals and communities would be provided, to prevent
indiscriminate defecation that causes diseases like cholera, dysentery and
diarrhoea. Mr Jonah said that the CWSA would construct 20 boreholes and
stand-pipes, which individuals could connect to their homes in the
Supomu-Dunkwa area. He said that Government had scrapped the 5 per cent payment by
beneficiary communities but they would bare the cost of maintaining the
facilities to ensure sustainable management. Mr Jonah said the communities would be expected to own the project
and monitor and manage the facilities. Mr. Emmanuel Nkrumah, Water and Sanitation Specialist with the
Ghana Office of the World Bank, said the Bank had voted 75 million
dollars for the entire project. He noted that sanitation had become a major problem in Ghana and
called for community-led approach to ensure the successful execution of
the project. Madam Emelia Arthur, Deputy Minister of the Western Region, said
Government was playing a critical role in the provision of potable water to
the people, to promote development. She said, consequently, Ghana Government had signed an agreement
with the Spanish Government to treat sea water for domestic use in Ghana. Nana Pansor IV, Chief of Supomu-Dunkwa, commended the
Government of Ghana for initiating schemes to improve water delivery in
the country and pledged the people’s support for the project.
Source: GhanaWeb
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