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Dr. Clifford Braimah, Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), believes that if immediate action is not done to solve the growing inefficiencies in water treatment, Ghana may soon face a serious water crisis.
Dr. Braimah voiced serious concerns on Monday on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on the significant amounts of water lost during the treatment procedure, claiming that they had far surpassed allowable limits.
According to Dr. Braimah, water loss in treatment facilities should ideally be about 5%, but at the moment, losses can vary from 35% to 50%, which he called “very harmful to our health.”
The water is dangerous to drink when ingested since the plant is at great risk, he continued, but “unfortunately, this is what we are experiencing now.”
He issued a warning that the nation would eventually run out of clean drinking water if nothing changes. “We might not even have water,” Dr. Braimah expressed concern. “The process losses that we are supposed to have on our plant should be 5% or less, but now we are having between 35% to 50% process loss.”
He further explained the gravity of the situation, noting, “Instead of having 95% of the water going to customers, we are only getting 50% to 55%. The volume of water getting to customers is reducing.”
Furthermore, Dr. Braimah emphasized the higher expenses linked to sustaining even this decreased supply. “Unfortunately, to even get this 50% or 55%, you have to use more chemicals more expensive chemicals to achieve that. Otherwise, you will not get that percentage,” he said.
“Our rhetoric needs to go beyond the political jargons to the reality that citizens must take control over their lives,” he said, highlighting the urgency of taking immediate action.
He also mentioned that although the existing method of treating water is still successful in getting rid of dangerous substances, if pollution keeps building up, it may eventually become too much for the system to handle.
“But it does not mean that once it continues to accumulate, we are not going to get to the levels that we might not be able to do professional treatment to work,” noted Dr. Braimah.
He asked Ghanaians to be mindful of the gravity of the problem and take action to stop more pollution before it reaches a point where the treatment system is overwhelmed. “The caution is very critical for us to take up and ensure that we do not continue to pollute, so that we will get to levels that are not tolerable to the system, that can create problems for us,” he stated.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
