… She also called on the Ghana Water Company to publish detailed water-quality test results, including data on heavy metals, to help the public understand the extent of pollution caused by illegal mining. …
… nked the continued destruction of rivers to growing challenges in access to safe drinking water across the country. “If you listen to communities complaining more and more about the lack of potable drinking water, it tells you there is a problem,” Bosu noted. “Ghana Water Company …
… Contributing to the forum, some stakeholders including Mr Isaac Arkoh of the Ghana News Agency urged the GHS to intensify media reporting on cholera, promote inter-agency collaboration particularly between the Ghana Water Company and district assemblies to drive timely prevention …
… Contributing to the forum, some stakeholders including Mr Isaac Arkoh of the Ghana News Agency urged the GHS to intensify media reporting on cholera, promote inter-agency collaboration particularly between the Ghana Water Company and district assemblies to drive timely prevention …
… She said restoring river flow first would allow the technology to help remove heavy metals and improve turbidity levels, potentially supporting the production of cleaner water for treatment by the Ghana Water Company. …
… d be reduced through improved management and efficiency measures. “They [utility providers, e.g., ECG, Gwl] should know that the financial challenges they find themselves in are attributed to their own inefficiencies in their operations,” he said. “If you take Ghana Water Company …
… He cited significant losses within both the Ghana Water Company and the electricity distribution system, attributing them largely to theft, illegal connections and wastage. …
… He noted that residents of Weija, Bortianor, Amanfrom, Sowutuom, Dansoman and surrounding communities rely on water sourced from the Densu River, adding that pollution of the water body forces the Ghana Water Company to incur additional costs in treating water before distribution …
… Add Ghana Water Company (−GH¢4.88bn), COCOBOD (−GH¢4.06bn), Tema Oil Refinery (−GH¢1.54bn) and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (−GH¢0.65bn), and you have explained essentially the entire sector loss with five entities. …
… Assembly Member for the area, Mawuenyega Atukpa, claims community leaders had noticed rising water levels days before the flooding and had reached out to officials over concerns. “Today marks three days since I called the Ghana Water Company to tell them that we had noticed the w …
On the first anniversary of an August 6 helicopter crash that killed eight people, Awula Serwah, coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, called for decisive action against illegal mining, describing it as an "ongoing ecocide" and arguing that Ghana owes it to all who have died from the practice—including children in mining pits, mothers from mercury poisoning, and police officers drowned pursuing miners.
On the first anniversary of an August 6 helicopter crash that killed eight people, Awula Serwah, coordinator of Eco-Conscious Citizens, called for decisive action against illegal mining, describing it as an "ongoing ecocide" and arguing that Ghana owes it to all who have died from the practice—including children in mining pits, mothers from mercury poisoning, and police officers drowned pursuing miners.
Deputy Director of A Rocha Ghana Daryl Bosu says the country has reached "a point of hopelessness" in combating illegal mining, with systems put in place failing to deliver results despite government interventions and the deaths of eight officials in last year's helicopter crash. He called for urgent protection of forest reserves and river bodies, and warned against selective enforcement of anti-galamsey measures.
The Central Regional Health Directorate has launched a public-education campaign targeting market women, traders, food vendors, schools and community leaders to strengthen cholera-prevention measures through hygiene demonstrations and safe-water handling advice. The initiative was prompted by recurring cholera outbreaks, particularly following recent floods in the region.
The Central Regional Health Directorate has launched an intensive public-education campaign targeting market women, traders, food vendors, schools, and community leaders with hygiene demonstrations and safe-water handling advice. The initiative was prompted by recurring cholera outbreaks, especially following recent floods in the region.
Ghana's Environmental Protection Authority links plastic pollution, construction on waterways, and blocked drainage systems to worsening floods. The EPA CEO says a planned styrofoam ban and phase-out of single-use plastics could help reduce flood-related disasters.
Ghana Union of Traders' Associations president Clement Boateng says utility providers' financial difficulties stem from operational inefficiencies—including theft, illegal connections and wastage—rather than the need for tariff increases. He cited Ghana Water Company's operational losses of 51–52 per cent and the electricity sector's 32 per cent losses, arguing consumers should not bear the cost through frequent rate hikes announced by PURC for July 2026.
The Ghana Union of Traders' Associations president says current economic conditions do not justify the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's third-quarter tariff increases, which raised electricity tariffs by 3.49 per cent and water tariffs by 0.85 per cent largely due to exchange rate pressures.
Former Deputy Minister Titus Glover has called for the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for polluting the Densu River, warning that indiscriminate dumping of refuse poses a threat to public health and water security in the Greater Accra Region. He attributed the problem to an attitudinal issue rather than government failure, stating that enforcement is necessary to deter further pollution.
The 2024 State Ownership Report shows 35 of 54 state-owned enterprises turned a profit, but the sector posted a net loss of GH¢9.68 billion after tax, worse than the GH¢7.14 billion loss in 2023, driven by losses at a handful of giant utilities and currency revaluation effects from the weakening cedi.
Residents of flood-hit communities in Weija-Gbawe say the Ghana Water Company failed to notify them before opening the dam, despite assembly members alerting officials about rising water levels days earlier. Local leaders say an established emergency communication system was not activated, and residents were assured spillage would be managed carefully only for the dam to be opened in the afternoon.
The Ghana Water Justice Network, a coalition of civil society organisations, has issued policy recommendations to transform water access and governance, calling on government and the Ghana Water Company to halt disconnections for households unable to pay and to prioritise affordable, universal access to water as a fundamental human right.