The GWCL has announced a nationwide water ration program.
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has instructed all of its district offices to notify consumers of days when water would be available so that they can stock up. This is due to the Company’s use of a water-demand control system in the face of the dry season. According to the Company, the season is taking its toll on productivity.
“During dry seasons, consumers resort to the use of treated water for keeping lawns green, for commercial washing of vehicles etc,” it noted in a press release on Wednesday, January 12.
“Currently the dry season is on and consumers with greater dependence on rainwater have also compounded the problem by taking to treated water use.
“These practices ease the pressures in the pipelines thereby causing low pressures and no flow in some areas, especially the hilly areas.”
To relieve the pressure, the Company is urging that residents turn off all taps when not in use, stop watering lawns with treated water indiscriminately, repair all leaks in their houses, and report all burst pipes.
It has also made its phone numbers available for quick response to complaints, and it has asked well-meaning Ghanaians to report anyone involved in illicit connections, by-passes, or other GWCL malpractices.
“The GWCL has currently resorted to water demand management to ensure equitable distribution of the little water currently being produced at the various treatment plants,” it announced in the press release.
It said it is working with the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources assiduously “to improve on water delivery in the country”.
“The cooperation of the general public is greatly appreciated.”
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