Work begins on water project for Dwomo

Dwomo (B/A), Aug. 09, GNA - Work on a community water project estimated at 117,000 euros (GH¢ 225,000.00) for the inhabitants of Dwomo in Tano South District of Brong-Ahafo started on Monday.

The facility is being provided by Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), a Netherlands-South-African water production and technical company working in partnership with Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) under its 91Water for Life' Project.

The project aimed at improving water supply in the community and its nearby

towns and villages including Techimantia and Derma in a sustainable manner is expected

to be completed in December this year.

It is being financed by Water for Life (W4L), a charitable organization established by Vitens in the Netherlands and whose resources in Ghana are managed by AVRL through its Pro-Poor Water Supply scheme.

Dr. Hannah Louisa Bisiw, Deputy Minister for Water Resources, Works and Housing, also a native of the town, cut the sod to commence work at a durbar organized by the chiefs and people of the town.

She said for more than two decades Dwomo and Techimantia had been supplied with water from a system 93that is outmoded and dilapidated" and covered only 40 percent of the supply area.

The growing population coupled with lack of storage facility and power supply instability therefore created frequent interruptions of water supply, she explained.

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Dr Bisiw announced that the project component included construction of a 50-metre-cubic reinforced concrete high-level tank to replace the old one.

The construction of the tank would ensure adequate water storage to lead to continuous water supply to the community whenever there is an interruption in power supply, she added.

The Deputy Minister disclosed that there would be a construction of 4.0 kilometre distribution mains extension of 75 millimeter PVC pipeline to ensure improvement in water supply to the developing areas in the community.