The Parliamentary Select Committee on Water Resources, Works and Housing, is confident that the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has the capacity to resolve the current water supply challenges in the country.<\/p>\n
The Committee said it is convinced measures put in place by the GWCL to address the issue will yield positive results.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”5aly2wxxb4hHfLpr9MOLIzNb6FZ5zzT5″]Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> after meeting officials of the Ghana Water Company Limited on Thursday, Chairman of the Committee, David Tetteh Asumeng, said the challenges facing the supply of water in Nsawam, Winneba and other parts of the country will be addressed.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are encouraged that as at now, there are some drilling machines on site at\u00a0Nsawam that are supposed to be drilling two boreholes today [Friday], so that as soon as possible, that water would be pumped into the mainstream for people to\u00a0enjoy,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Tetteh Asumeng noted that the National Security and the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) have also been supplying residents of Nsawam potable water from tankers.<\/p>\n \u201cSo by and large, I think there is some pro-activeness in the activity of the ministry to help the people get water in order to solve the problem,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The Parliamentary Select Committee on Water Resources, Works and Housing summoned the GWCL after a tour of\u00a0Nsawam to assess the situation.<\/p>\n For more than a month, residents of the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Municipality and surrounding communities have lived without water.<\/p>\n Water does not flow through their taps and this has been blamed on the\u00a0drying up of the\u00a0Densu River which is a source of water for the GWCL treatment plant for the community.<\/p>\n The\u00a0 situation\u00a0 has been attributed to the dry weather condition\u00a0 and other human activities such as illegal mining and farming along the banks of the river.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n