The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has said special arrangements for emergency services in the Kumasi metropolis have been made ahead of the\u00a0closure of the Barekese dam tomorrow, Tuesday.<\/p>\n
This follows a release from GWCL which stated that, “the Barekese Headworks of the Ghana Water Company Ltd will be shut down from Tuesday 14th March, 2017 to Thursday 16th March, 2017 for some major maintenance works.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”OFxOmVQocMWRsZ4u7TIufRZWJBN74WgX”]Mr. Sampson Ampah told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>, “we have made arrangements for the emergency services, so far as the hospitals especially Komfo Anokye and the fire service are concerned, we have arranged for them to go to our hydrant at Abuakwa.”<\/p>\n The Owabi treatment plant, which serves other parts of the region, including Abuakwa, according to Mr. Ampah, will serve the emergency services until Thursday.<\/p>\n He added that, “two hydrants will be functioning, and so during this period, they can go there to fetch water for any emergency.”<\/p>\n He apologized to residents who will be affected by inconveniences caused, and asked them to “store enough water for the period”, assuring also that the works will be done by \u00a0Thursday.<\/p>\n The areas in the Kumasi metropolis to affected by this closure are: Asawase,\u00a0 Sawaba,\u00a0 Aboabo,\u00a0 Asafo, Asokwa,\u00a0 Adum, Nhyiaeso,\u00a0 Ahodwo,\u00a0 Dakodwom,\u00a0 Dichemso,\u00a0 Suame,\u00a0 Breman,\u00a0 Kronum,\u00a0 Afrancho,\u00a0 Abrepor,\u00a0 Bantama,\u00a0 Suntreso,\u00a0 Kwadaso,\u00a0 Patasi, Santasi Fankyinebra,\u00a0 TUC,\u00a0 Angloga,\u00a0 Ayigya,\u00a0 Tech,\u00a0 Oduom,\u00a0 Kentinkrono and others.<\/p>\n Illegal mining, illegal fishing threatening dam<\/strong> The commission has found this necessary following illegal artisanal fishing activities upstream of the dam which have already led to the closure of three water intake facilities by the GWCL.<\/p>\n Compounding this problem is the more serious activity of illegal mining in the catchment area of the dam.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Lauretta Timah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Officer of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has said special arrangements for emergency services in the Kumasi metropolis have been made ahead of the\u00a0closure of the Barekese dam tomorrow, Tuesday. This follows a release from GWCL which stated that, “the Barekese Headworks of the Ghana Water Company Ltd will […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":301364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[4993,3,4994],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Water Resources Commission (WRC) in 2016 threatened to declare the catchment area of the Barekese Dam a security zone.<\/p>\n