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Mr Egyir Aikins, Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) of Cape Coast, has visited the Brimsu Dam site, the main source of water supply to the area, following an acute water problem that hit Metropolis about a week ago. The visit was to update him on the level of work at the site and also to find out the reason for the water shortage in the Metropolis which has compelled residents to carry gallons and other containers over long distances in search of water. The MCE�s visit on Tuesday saw that the level of the water had drastically fallen below eight feet, which was the minimum operation capacity compared to its 25 feet maximum operation capacity, making it difficult to pump water from it. The Dam is now producing below one million gallons of water per day instead of its daily production capacity of four million gallons. Mr. Francis Lamptey, Central Regional Distribution Manager for the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), who explained the situation to the city Mayor and the media, used the occasion and appealed to Government to speed up work on the pipe connection from Sekyere-Hemang Treatment Plant to the Brimsu site. He said the Sekyere-Hemang Treatment Plant has a capacity of 6.7 million gallons of water but now produces 1.2 million gallons, adding that if the project, which was in its second phase, should commence immediately, it would be completed by 2015. Addressing the present situation in the Metropolis, Mr. Lamptey said 21 large capacity Polytanks would be purchased and placed at critical points with water tankers supplying water to residents daily till there was enough water in the Dam. He appealed to the Cape Coast Metropolitan Assembly (CCMA) to assist the GWCL to purchase the tanks.