{"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\/2016\/11\/mahama-opens-new-septic-treatment-plant-at-lavender-hillphotos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama opens new septic treatment plant at Lavender Hill[Photos]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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
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The project which cost $15 million is public private partnership between Zoomlion and the government of Ghana.<\/p>\n
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It is expected to improve the waste situation in the capital city and will be operated by\u00a0Sewage Systems Ghana Limited.<\/p>\n
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The infamous Lavender Hill, had served as a dump site for untreated human excreta which is released into the sea.<\/p>\n
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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
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Lavender Hill was the name given to the area due to the pungent smell that emanates from there.<\/p>\n
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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
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EPA later took legal action against the AMA but that also proved futile.<\/p>\n
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By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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. It is expected to improve the waste situation in the capital city and will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":271756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,11],"tags":[3,13938,13939,464],"yoast_head":"\n