The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has started a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise to collect all arrears owed by customers. The company is out to collect about GH₵800 million in debts as of January this year, up from GH₵684 million debts that stood on the company’s books as of January 2022. This was when in […]
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has granted amnesty to all customers who owe the company or have issues with their connections. The amnesty is to enable various customers pay their arrears. In a statement on dated Sunday, July 24, 2022, the management of GWCL said the amnesty will start from August 1 to 31, 2022. Below […]
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) intends to build a new water supply system as a long-term measure to meet the water needs of commercial users in the industrial enclave of Tema, Kpone and its environs. The project forms part of efforts by GWCL to improve system performance to meet the ever-growing customer needs. The Managing […]
The government’s intervention to absorb water bills for all Ghanaians as part of its fight against the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic will end on June 30, 2021. A statement issued by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources said “effective July 1, 2021, all consumers/customers of the Ghana Water Company Limited, the Community Water and […]
The management of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced a planned spillage of excess water from the Weija Dam on Tuesday, March 30, 2021, at 6 am. Areas to be affected are Tetegu, Oblogo, Pambros Salt, Lower McCarthy Hill, Lower Weija, Bojo Beach, Ada Kopey and surrounding communities. The GWCL in a press statement issued […]
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GCWL) has asked landlords and landladies to desist from selling water for the next three months (July, August and September, 2020). The GWCL in a statement issued today said the the Government of Ghana will be absorbing the domestic water bills of citizens for three months as part of reliefs announced in […]
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has been caught up in severe conflict of interest and clear sabotage regarding the implementation of disinfection prevention measures at the Airports of Ghana. The GACL led by its Managing Director, Mr. Yaw Kwakwa, which is to give clearance for LCB Worldwide Limited to disinfect KIA as per a […]
Residents of Accra West Region who get their water supply from the Weija Water Treatment Plant face an imminent water crisis, which the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is blaming on erratic power supply. For over three weeks now, many residents of Accra West, including places like Dansoman, Lapaz, and Kaneshie, have been experiencing very […]
Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is set to begin spilling excess water from the Weija Dam as part of routine measures to safeguard it. With the onset of the rains, the water level is rising and getting close to the safe operating level of 47ft. Communities that are likely to be affected include Tetegu, Oblogo, […]
Some angry workers of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) have disclosed that the cost of producing water through its desalination project is killing the company. They have cautioned that if the government, through the board and management, does not intervene to abrogate the contract, the company may soon be brought to its knees, where […]
Government has agreed to seek $714.7 million ($714,735,732) before the end of 2019 to undertake four water projects to improve the water supply situation across the country. Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah, who announced this, indicated that the projects for which government is to secure funding include Essiama Enclave Water Supply […]
Water shortage has hit the Koforidua Prison at Effiduase in the Eastern Region, leaving the inmates unable to bath and wash their clothes regularly. The situation has led to skin irritation and infections among the 800 inmates. The prison was originally built to accommodate 400 inmates. Due to the heat and the overcrowded nature of […]
