According to him, the persistent water shortages in the nation can diminish if government makes available the required resources to boost the water sector.
Ghana’s water system has for the past years seen a downward trend with a hope that it may be resolved in order to end the hustles people go through in sourcing water for their homes and companies.
Stakeholders in the sector have since looked out for solutions to the challenges but to no avail.
Explaining to Joy FM the reasons for the failures by the water providers to supply water to communities in the country, Mr. Amengor intimated that the water company is faced with a greater challenge of funding and as a result, the company is running on deteriorating machines.
He noted that the company’s production capacity has dwindled due to the outdated plants used to treat the water bodies.
He also cited the lack of adequate facilities as a major problem confronting the company and so, called on government to provide funds to revamp their activities in order to nip the water problems in the bud.
He implored government to allot some money to revitalise the water system in the country.
He noted that with the growing population, the company will have to be adequately funded in order to meet the demands of the citizens.
“The funds don’t march with the planning process. So, there’s that gap between the growth and then provision of facilities.”
“When we build a plant, we need to continue to have money to do capital maintenance. Equipment has to be replaced. If the fund is not available, we will run and then at a point in time, equipment begins to break down. So, these are some of the issues. We have the right people to do the maintenance but the funds to do it; it’s not available.”
“If we don’t increase capacity, coverage will not increase as we expect…We need to be marching our development or provision of facilities with population growth,” he expressed.
He was optimistic that if government comes to the aid of the water providers, the current shortages in the country would be resolved soon.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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