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The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has said that it will continue to monitor the operations of the regulated service providers and hold them accountable to its regulatory standards and benchmarks to ensure value for money and improved quality of service delivery. This follows the redu
The Integrated Social Development Centre (ISODEC) and the Africa Water Justice Network (AWJN) say they have observed with deep concern the recent proposal by the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) seeking a record 280% increment in water tariffs, citing the rising cost of treatment due to galamsey a
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWL) has warned of possible shutdown of some of its treatment plants if the newly proposed 280% tariff hike is not approved. The company is seeking a 280 per cent upward adjustment in water tariffs. At a 2025 stakeholder engagement with the Public Utilities Regulator
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWL) has announced a three-day interruption in water supply due to damage to the raw water transmission pipeline that serves the Kpong Treatment plant. A statement released by the GWL said the damage occurred on Thursday, August 28, 2025. GWL says the damage has nece
Ghana Water Company, MD Adam Mutawakilu has revealed GWL inherited over GHC1bn debt, loses 52% of produced water daily, and faces a huge supply deficit in Accra amid pollution challenges from galamsey.
The Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), Accra West Region has announced to customers of its Amasaman District about a temporary reduction in water production at the Nsawam Treatment Plant which supplies water to the Amasaman District. A statement released on February 28, 2025 said the
The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited, Mr Adam Mutawakilu, has assured residents of Ho and customers in the catchment area of a lasting solution to the current water crisis in the area. Residents of Ho, Kpeve, Have, Peki, Ziavi and several others have been without adequate water s
President Mahama has appointed Adam Mutawakilu as the Acting CEO of the Ghana Water Company Limited, effective immediately.
Activities of illegal miners, locally known as 'galamsey,' in the Oda River is becoming dangerous as they keep operating despite the threat posed by their work to the Odaso Water Treatment Plant. The pollution has reached a stage where more than half of treated water is going waste, officials of the
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced the temporary shutdown on Tuesday, July 4 of two of the three treatment plants at the Weija Headworks. The exercise is expected to take 16 hours, according to the Company. "Management therefore calls on its customers in and around Kasoa to store e
Residents living in and around the Tamale metropolis will have to brace themselves up for some periods of water shortage. This is because management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Northern Region has served notice that they may be compelled to temporarily shut down the Nawuni Water Tre
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The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has announced the temporary shutdown of the Weija Water Treatment Plant from Wednesday, March 23. This follows a request by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to carry out expansion works at one of the stations that powers the Weija Raw Water Pumping Statio
There has been an acute shortage of potable water supply in Central Region though the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has assured residents that steps are being taken to lessen the effects. The Company explained in a release on Sunday, January 9 that it is facing challenges with the abstraction o
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) and the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) have clashed over the unavailability of water in the fire hydrants in and around Accra Central Business District (CBD) to quench Monday's inferno which gutted a three-storey building near Makola. While the GNFS says th
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has admitted challenges of irregular flow of water within the western part of Accra. It said in a statement dated June 23, 2021 that its engineers are on top of the situation. "[They] are working around the clock to resolve the challenges to restore regular flo
Score of residents of Sekondi Takoradi of the Western Region have been grappling with acute water shortage, which has hit the municipality for months. Whilst some areas have not seen water running through their taps for months, others are enjoying intermittent flow. The most affected areas include t
Due to the heavy downpour in the catchment area of the Densu River basin, the Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has said it has has begun minimal spillage of excess water from the dam as at Sunday 11th October, 2020 A statement said the safe operating level of the Weija Dam is 47ft, [
The Government of Ghana has extended the implementation of the free water supply to homes in the country till December 31 this year, a statement issued by the Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources has said. According to the statement on Wednesday, September 23, this is to enable Ghanaians cont
Ghanaians will from Wednesday begin paying for water supply from the Ghana Water Company Limited as the free three-month water package given to customers by the government ends on Tuesday, June 30. The government has from April 1 absorbed water bills for all domestic water users in the country as pa
