GWCL TO EXTEND WATER SUPPLY TO FRAFRAHA NSUO -ANO COMMUNITY

                story by: Hagar Sey              

Residents of the Frafraha Nsuo Ano Community in the La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality, have commended the Ghana Water Company, GWCL, for their efforts in connecting the Community into the main water system. According to them, for so many years the Community has not had access to potable water. Residents therefore have had to rely on a water tank, borehole and sachet water. The residents made the commendation when the Ghana Wash Journalists Network, GWJN, followed up on the Community after a documentary was made on their water situation last year.  Frafraha Nsuo Ano is a fishing community with a population of over five thousand. For so many years, the community has not had access to potable water. Residents have to walk for about ten to fifteen minutes to access a borehole in the community. The residents complained the water tanker is expensive. A situation which according to them, has compelled them to resort to using untreated water from a borehole for domestic use. According to the Sustainable Development Goal Six target for 2030, water should be accessible, safe and affordable for all. This indicator requires that the Country invests in adequate infrastructure; it is for this reason that the government made a huge investment to expand the Kpong Water Treatment Plant to enable it to supply an additional 40 million gallons per day to seven-hundred-thousand inhabitants in communities including Adentan, Madina, Kwabenya and Ashongman. A follow up visit to the community after the documentary by the GWJN shows that the GWCL has shown some commitment in extending water supply to the community. The GWCL has already laid pipe lines in certain parts of the community. In an interview with a resident, Ibrahim Satrana, he said there has been a consultation between the community and the Ghana Water Company on how to extend potable water to them. He said the community has been tasked to pay a minimal amount of money so that they can be connected to the main system. The residents appealed to the GWCL to speed up work.