{"id":271767,"date":"2016-11-25T17:05:09","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271767"},"modified":"2016-11-25T17:05:09","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T17:05:09","slug":"mahama-opens-new-septic-treatment-plant-at-lavender-hillphotos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=271767","title":{"rendered":"Mahama opens new septic treatment plant at Lavender Hill[Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama on Friday officially shut down the Lavender Hill in Accra and opened the new Korle Lagoon Septic Treatment Plant.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271758 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-6.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-6\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271759 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-8.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-8\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The project which cost $15 million is public private partnership between Zoomlion and the government of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271764 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-13.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-13\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It is expected to improve the waste situation in the capital city and will be operated by\u00a0Sewage Systems Ghana Limited.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271754 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-2.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-2\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The infamous Lavender Hill, had served as a dump site for untreated human excreta which is released into the sea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271755 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-3.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-3\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Septage Treatment Plant has a maximum treatment capacity of 2,400 cu.m\/day and a design capacity of 2,000 cu.m\/day.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271760 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-9.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-9\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lavender Hill was the name given to the area due to the pungent smell that emanates from there.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271753 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-1.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-1\" width=\"800\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the years attempted to stop the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) from dumping such waste into the Korle Lagoon at Lavender Hill but was unsuccessful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-271765 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-14.jpg\" alt=\"mahama-shuts-down-lavender-hill-14\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" \/><\/p>\n<p>EPA later took legal action against the AMA but that also proved futile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama on Friday officially shut down the Lavender Hill in Accra and opened the new Korle Lagoon Septic Treatment Plant. The project which cost $15 million is public private partnership between Zoomlion and the government of Ghana. 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