Nsawam: Ministry implements measures to forestall water shortage

The Ministry of Water Resources, Works, and Housing has said it has put in place measures to forestall a recurrence of the water crisis that plagued Nsawam and its environs some months ago.

Residents of Nsawam, Adoagyiri, and surrounding communities were in February this year faced with acute shortage of pipe-borne water in the area.

The deputy head of communications at Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Mr. Stanley Martey, who spoke to Class News then, attributed the situation to the drying up of the Densu, the company’s source of water for purification by its plants.

But speaking on the floor of parliament Thursday, July 7, Deputy Minister Samson Ahi said the government has drilled some boreholes and dredged the reservoir impoundment area to increase raw water storage as a measure to prevent future water scarcity in those settlements.

He added: “We are collaborating with the municipal and security agencies to provide security along the river banks to prevent people from throwing waste [into] or farming along the river body to prevent this situation.”

Mr. Ahi’s explanation followed a question posed by Nsawam Adoagyiri MP Frank Annor-Dompreh on the floor of parliament on how the government was tackling the water crisis in his constituency.