THE Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has assured residents of Kumasi that water shortage in the metropolis will become a thing of the past when rehabilitation work on the Barekese and Owabi headwork is completed.
The company, therefore, appealed to consumers to exercise patience as repair work on the machines progressed. The rehabilitation work is expected to be completed by October this year.
This was made known by Mr Asoga Haruna, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the company, in Kumasi.
He said the 38 million euros expansion project being undertaken by Taysec Limited would improve the daily supply of water, explaining that six million gallons of water would be added to increase the water supplied from both the Barekese and the Owabi headwork to 27 million gallons daily.
Mr Haruna noted that the company’s inability to supply water to all parts of the metropolis was the result of low pressure and leakage that prevented suburbs in hilly areas from getting water regularly, while other areas got water very late in the night
He said some of the machines were old and weak, adding that the company was managing the situation through rationing.
“About three months ago we had a breakdown but we could not get spare parts to repair the machines because the company we bought the equipment from is no longer producing the parts,” he told the Daily Graphic.
He, however, indicated that two of the lines had been serviced and were functioning, while work on the third was progressing steadily.
He said new pipelines were also being laid in areas that hitherto were not covered to make water available to all.
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