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The water supply and sanitation sector in Ghana is a sector that is in charge of the supply of healthy water and also improves the sanitation of water bodies in the country. In Ghana, the drinking water supply and sanitation sectors face a number of issues, including relatively limited sanitation access, intermittent supply, significant water ...
The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources oversees water policies, GWCL operations, funding, and sector investments.. Guided by the Ministry, GWCL operates under an 11-member Board of Directors setting policies and a Managing Director overseeing day-to-day affairs along with three Deputy Managing Directors for Finance, Operations, and Special Projects.
The Environmental Protection Agency, (EPA Ghana) is an agency of Ministry, established by EPA Act 490 (1994). [1] The agency is dedicated to improving, conserving and promoting the country's environment and striving for environmentally sustainable development with sound, efficient resource management, taking into account social and equity issues.
However, water tariffs increased by 80%. There was no specific target concerning access of the poor to water included in the management contract. Nevertheless, with the help of the Dutch foundation "Water for Life" the operator improved the water supply for around 75,000 people in 15 peri-urban areas throughout Ghana. [6]
Water privatisation in Ghana; Weija Dam This page was last edited on 25 June 2018, at 16:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
In 2019, there was a report on how Ghana was developing a strategy for targeted SDGs tracking and budgeting and also involving the SDG Impact Investment ecosystem in the financing of the SDGs, four years into its implementation. [17] A coalition called for the redoubling of efforts to achieve the water and sanitation targets of the SDGs. [18]
Weija Dam is a dam on the Densu River which supports the main water treatment plant for Accra in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana.It is operated by the Ghana Water Company.This supplies about 80 percent of the potable water for the entire city of Accra and its surrounding environs.
The Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam is a planned dam across the White Volta River, in Ghana. The dam will create a reservoir with surface area measuring 350 square kilometres (135 sq mi). The reservoir is expected to provide irrigation water to an estimated 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) of agricultural land.