The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Adam Mutawakilu, has sounded the alarm over a developer’s persistent encroachment on the intake area of the Pewe treatment plant.
According to Mutawakilu, the developer’s construction activities have led to severe siltation, which is now threatening the plant’s capacity to produce clean water for the community.
Despite repeated directives to cease work, the developer has pressed on, accelerating construction and causing further siltation and increased turbidity in the water. The consequences have been immediate and severe: the Pewe plant was forced to shut down for three days, leaving residents without water and resulting in significant revenue loss for GWCL.
The encroachment not only hampers the current operations of the facility but also jeopardizes its future expansion. With increased turbidity, the plant faces operational challenges, and there is growing concern about potential damage to critical equipment.
Faced with this growing crisis, Mutawakilu has appealed to National Security to step in and halt the developer’s activities. He emphasized that the situation goes beyond a local water supply issue, warning that it poses a broader threat to the country’s water security.
GWCL is now awaiting action from National Security to reclaim the affected land. The company is also urging authorities to safeguard all water intake points to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Mutawakilu underscored the urgency of the matter, stressing that GWCL cannot continue to operate under such conditions. He called for immediate support to ensure an uninterrupted supply of water to the people and to protect the integrity of the nation’s water resources.
Source: Apexnewsgh.com
