Twifo Praso, March 20, GNA - The District Chief

Executive (DCE) of the Twifo Heman-Lower Denkyira District

Assembly, Mr. Foster Joseph Andoh, has cautioned operators

in community water supply to desist from politicizing the sale

of water. These include vendors, system managers and pumps

managers of Community Water and Sanitation projects. Mr. Andoh gave the advice at the official handing over

ceremony of Pipe Water Project for three Communities in the

Twifo-Heman-Lower-Denkyira District of the Central Region at

Atti Morkwa, at the weekend.

He said the water-delivery facilities are constructed to

benefit everyone, irrespective of political affiliation and charged

the Water and Sanitation Development Board (WSDB) to work

judiciously to protect the water facilities. The Water project was financed by the World Bank under

the International Development Agency (IDA) at a total cost of

GHC 793,000. It was facilitated by the Community Water and

Sanitation Agency (CWSA) under its Small Towns Water

Supply Project. The beneficiary communities are Twifo Atti Mokwa,

Breman and Sebrensu, which have a total of 14 stand pipes,

two pump houses, two transformers and an iron removal plant

with a 30,000 gallon capacity water tank. The DCE charged the people to assume full responsibility of

the maintenance of the facilities by ensuring that the stand

pipes and water pumps were always in good conditions and

reminded them that similar projects would only be replicated

for others when they maintain the facility properly. Mr. Andoh stated that proceeds from the sale of the water

will be used to improve the general infrastructure in the town

and asked the people to desist from drinking unclean water

from rivers and streams with an excuse that they could not

afford potable water. Mrs. Pauline Abrefi Oppong, Regional Director of the

CWSA, said the communities should appreciate the social

amenity and cautioned against unsanitary conditions,

particularly around the stand pipes to prevent the spread of

diseases. She reiterated calls on the people to adopt the culture of

maintenance, openness and accountability to enable the town

reap the full benefits of the water project. Chief of Twifo Atti Morkwa, Nana Kwasi Dade, and the

Assembly man of the area took turns to show their profound

appreciation to the government for bringing potable drinking

water to the town and asked the communities to use water

wisely. They also appealed to the government to provide the

community with a medical assistant, construct additional

classroom blocks and provide good feeder roads. 20 March 11