GWCL to extend water to Togo

June 23, 2009
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THE Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) is to supply water to the city of Lome in the Republic of Togo, the Chief Manager in charge of Planning and Development, Mr Ebenezer Gabrah, has disclosed.
Under the project, all towns in the Volta Region through which the pipes would pass would benefit from the supply of clean water.
Mr Gabrah told the Daily Graphic that the supply of the water was based on a request from the Togolese authorities in view of water problem that country was facing.
He said the entire cost of the project would be borne by the Togolese authorities and that its commencement would depend on their ability to foot the cost involved.
Mr Gabrah said discussions on the project, which were in line with ECOWAS Protocol, were still ongoing, and that like the West African Gas Pipeline, the project was expected to get funding from other countries.
He said the discussions would come out with where the water treatment plant would be cited; either in Togo or Ghana.
He answered in the negative when asked whether or not the supply of water to Togo would not affect Ghana, with the assurance that steps were being taken to address the water situation in Ghana.
Mr Gabrah explained that as part of the project, a company, to be managed by Ghana, Togo and a private investor, would be established to run the project.
“It is early days yet, but this is an intention we have had for sometime,” he said, adding that he was meeting with his staff to look at the technical aspect of the project.
On the water situation in general in Ghana, he said efforts were being made to improve the situation.