Two thousand people in two districts in the Eastern Region are to be supplied with water from two new water treatment plants under construction at Akim Oda and Akwatia.
Work on the two $165-million projects in the Birim Central and the Denkyembour districts is expected to be completed by April 2016.
This came to light when the Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing, Dr Kwaku Agyemang-Mensah, inspected progress of work at the two project sites.
The minister was accompanied by the Director of Water at the ministry, Mr Fredrick Addai, and the Managing Director of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Mr Fredrick Lokko.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah and his entourage were briefed on work at the two sites, after which they were taken on a tour of the projects. The projects are being funded by the Turkish Eximbank and the Government of Ghana. Overview of the project
Upon completion, the Akim Oda plant will supply water to Oda, Asene, Aboabo, Batabi, Manso, Amentem, Boadua, Topreman, Bamanese, Asubane and Anweaso while the project at Akwatia, apart from serving the township, has a ground level reservoir to supply water to both the Akim Oda and Akwatia water systems.
Giving an overview of the project, the Resident Engineer at the Akim Oda project site, Mr Seth Tetteyfio, said 126km long of pipeline out of 247km had been laid, with ongoing works on an elevated water tank.
He said the plant had the capacity of producing seven million gallons of water daily and would be the major source of potable water supply to residents in the catchment area. Minister’s response
Dr Agyemang-Mensah said he was impressed with the level of work at the project site.
He said the government was committed to ensuring that by 2025, the entire population of the country had access to potable water.
Dr Agyemang-Mensah urged the contractors to speed up work on the projects to facilitate an early supply of water to the communities to benefit from the projects.
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