{"id":133876,"date":"2015-07-13T05:41:46","date_gmt":"2015-07-13T05:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=133876"},"modified":"2015-07-13T05:41:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-13T05:41:46","slug":"nima-teshie-others-to-get-water-atms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=133876","title":{"rendered":"Nima, Teshie, others to get water ATMs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) will soon introduce water ATMs for deprived communities in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative will enable people to buy water from the GWCL at cheaper rates.<\/p>\n<p>It is also to make up for the company\u2019s inability to provide potable water to some communities because of poor settlement planning.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;VMCsMuu8SGVsASxo0aNAQ2eFPwfBu839&#8243;]This system when introduced will allow people in communities like Nima, Teshie Maami pay a token to buy from the water machine.<\/p>\n<p>The Public Relations Officer for the GWCL, Stanley Martey in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> explained the new concept saying, \u201cwith the water ATM, you will just buy a card or a token and the token will have the approved tariffs of the PURC.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this, you will be able to get more water from the use of the token than buying the water with coins from another vendor,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>He continued saying, \u201cwith the current PURC tariff is such that a 1,000 liters of water which is equivalent to 220 gallons of water which in the lay man terms will be 8 drums of water, it\u2019s just about GHC 1.53 pesewas so if you buy GHC 2 of a token or GHC 2 on your water ATM card, you will have access to 10 drums of water and it\u2019s just GHC 2.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompare this to buying a bucket of water for 5 pesewas from another vendor,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>This innovative way of supplying water to deprived areas is currently being implemented\u00a0in Kenya.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Capture3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-133878\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Capture3.jpg\" alt=\"Water ATM'\" width=\"550\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Capture3.jpg 550w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/Capture3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Kenyan government in June this year introduced an ATM-style water dispenser for the people of Mathare, a slum area in the country\u2019s capital, Nairobi.<\/p>\n<p>The residents swipe the smart cards, topped up at a kiosk or through a mobile phone, at the dispenser and water starts flowing from the tap.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) will soon introduce water ATMs for deprived communities in Accra. 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