{"id":396568,"date":"2018-01-30T13:52:53","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T13:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=396568"},"modified":"2018-01-30T13:56:00","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T13:56:00","slug":"we-cant-regulate-private-water-tankers-gwcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/01\/we-cant-regulate-private-water-tankers-gwcl\/","title":{"rendered":"We can’t regulate private water tankers – GWCL"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) appears to be helpless in regulating the operations of private water tanker businesses in the country.<\/p>\n
Residents of Adentan and other areas in Accra which have challenges with water supply usually patronize these private takers who sell water they obtain from mostly unknown sources.<\/p>\n
The situation has placed people who buy water from private water distributors at risk.<\/p>\n
There have been suggestions that the water from these tankers is taken from wells and other unhygienic locations for sale to the unsuspecting public.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”7shjgZHQc7i2rYoVNGCcTOFvsWnD2feZ”]However, the GWCL, which is responsible for ensuring the supply of potable water to all urban communities, has said it cannot control the private distributors.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Tuesday, the Head of Communications at GWCL, Stanley Martey said that although they are unable to control the activities of the operators of these private tankers, they have tried to sensitise them on the need to acquire the water they sell from hygienic sources.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat we do is to interact with them to know the essence of getting water from the right source but as to whether some of them are going by the education we give them that we cannot tell and we cannot enforce. And water is such that if there are germs or unwanted bacteria in the water, it will be very difficult to tell with the naked eye.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSo we let them know the essence of getting water from the right source and the essence of getting your tankers disinfected regularly. So we are in touch with all the tanker association and we do that on regular basis,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n When asked if there is an approved source for the tankers to get water from, the GWCL spokesperson said it should be \u201cfrom a Ghana Water company approved hydrant or approved point\u201d but admitted they don\u2019t have control over where the tankers get their water from.<\/p>\n \u201cThat is why I\u2019m saying that we do not have control over that so with that we only educate them on the essence of doing the right thing.\u201d<\/p>\n