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  2. Water supply and sanitation in Ghana - Wikipedia

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    Disparities exist between urban and rural safe drinking water access. According to the Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey of 2011, urban dwellers are more likely to have access to safe drinking water than the rural dwellers at 91% and 69%, respectively. [16] Consequently, dependency on unsafe water sources is higher in rural areas. [17]

  3. Ghana Water Company - Wikipedia

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    The general duties of Ghana Water Company Limited encompass the following responsibilities: [8] Providing clean and safe drinking water to urban communities through processes of abstraction, treatment, and distribution. Conducting research and engineering surveys related to water and related topics.

  4. Safe Water Network - Wikipedia

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    Safe Water Network works with the private and public sectors to overcome obstacles to local sustainability and scale in providing clean and safe drinking water. It oversees field initiatives to develop and refine models for providing safe water that can be taken to scale. [3] [4]

  5. List of countries by access to clean water - Wikipedia

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    Share of the population without access to an improved water source, 2020. Global access to clean water is a significant global challenge that affects the health, well-being, and development of people worldwide. While progress has been made in recent years, millions of people still lack access to safe and clean drinking water sources.

  6. Water sachet - Wikipedia

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    Water sachets or sachet water is a common form of selling pre-filtered or sanitized water in plastic, heat sealed bags in parts of the global south, and are especially popular in Africa. [1] Water sachets are cheaper to produce than plastic bottles, and easier to transport. [2] In some countries, water vendors refer to sachet water as "pure water".

  7. Trashy Bags - Wikipedia

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    This form of packaging was introduced in Ghana in 2004 to provide safe drinking water. The sachets can be opened easily in the corners to drink from, but after use the package is discarded and will usually [5] end up as litter or in informal trash heaps. A woman drinking a plastic water sachet

  8. Water supply and sanitation in sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Communal tap (standpost) for drinking water in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. May 2005. Groundwater plays a key role in sustaining water supplies and livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa especially due to its widespread availability, generally high quality, and intrinsic ability to buffer episodes of drought and increasing climate variability.

  9. Joint Monitoring Programme for Water Supply and Sanitation

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    As well as reporting on the national, regional and global use of different types of drinking water sources and sanitation facilities, the JMP actively supports countries in their efforts to monitor this sector and develop evidence based planning and management, plays a normative role in indicator formation and advocates on behalf of populations without improved water or sanitation.