GWCL DRILLS SIX BOREHOLES AT DODOWA (BACK PAGE)

Story: Michael Donkor & Jasmine Afari-Mintah

SIX boreholes have been drilled at Dodowa, near Accra, by the Ghana Water Company (GWCL) to generate 100,000 gallons of water a day for customers of the company living in the eastern part of Accra.
The move was supported by Aqua Vitens Rand Limited (AVRL), operators of water supply, for the GWCL to improve on the erratic water distribution to its customers in Eastern Accra.
The Public Relations Officer of the Accra East Region of the AVRL, Mr Emmanuel Essilfie-Conduah, who disclosed this in an interview with the Daily Graphic last Thursday, said 15 more boreholes were being drilled to generate more water to boost what was being supplied.
He said the 15 boreholes were being drilled at St Johns, Taifa, Tantra Hill, Burkina, Taifa and Ashongman, adding that they would be operational next year.
He appealed to the public to exercise restraint as the AVRL improved on its service delivery to them.
Mr Essilfie-Conduah said additional filling points had been built at Agyiriganor and Palm Wine Junction, near La in Accra, for tanker drivers to draw water for supply to the people.
He called on contractors working on roads to get in touch with the GWCL before embarking on any road construction
to enable AVRL to help the contractors to identify where pipelines were located in order not to destroy them.
Mr Essilfie-Conduah also appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to ensure smooth power supply to booster stations of the AVRL to provide water regularly for its customers.