{"id":375867,"date":"2017-11-21T07:26:10","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T07:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=375867"},"modified":"2017-11-21T07:39:41","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T07:39:41","slug":"poor-revenue-collection-cause-of-desalination-plant-woes-operators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/poor-revenue-collection-cause-of-desalination-plant-woes-operators\/","title":{"rendered":"Poor revenue collection cause of desalination plant woes – Operators"},"content":{"rendered":"
The operator of the Teshie Desalination Plant, Hydrocol limited, has\u00a0blamed the woes of the plant on what it called the Ghana Water Company Limited’s (GWCL) failings in revenue collection.<\/p>\n
Speaking on Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the CEO of Hydrocol limited, Henry Ofori, was adamant that “the biggest problem we have with Ghana Water is the non-revenue collection\u2026 If they were able to solve that problem, they wouldn\u2019t have a challenge with this plant.\u201d<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”WbKseYrvWxqSkRLRqxM5sjNDCiKsn1iX”]The GWCL is reportedly making GHc 6m in losses monthly from the plant, which cost\u00a0$126 million to set up.<\/p>\n A consolidation of all the costs of the plants culminates in GWCL buying the water from the plant at about GHc 6.5 per cubic meter, and selling at the regulated Public Utilities Regulatory Commission rate of about GHc 1.5 per cubic meter.<\/p>\n This arrangement meant that, the GWCL is said to be losing about GHc5:00 for every cubic meter of water sold from the Teshie Desalination Plant.<\/p>\n Citi News<\/strong>‘\u00a0checks indicate that the GWCL makes payments of GHc 8 million a month to the financiers of the project, although it makes only GHc 2 million\u00a0by supplying treated water from the plant.<\/p>\n GWCL not independent enough<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Ofori said Ghana water is struggling to be independent and self-sustaining because they are used to government always stepping in to bail them out.<\/p>\n “They [GWLC] were never used to having to pay for water. This was all set up by the government for them and for many years, they were selling water and not accounting for what they were selling,” he said.<\/p>\n