𝐆𝐖𝐋 𝐊𝐏𝐄𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐓𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍 𝐀𝐒 𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐋𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐅𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊 𝐎𝐑𝐃𝐄𝐑 – 𝐌𝐃

The Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Mr. Adam Mutawakilu, has expressed concern over the continuous encroachment by BSK City Developers at the Kpeve Water Treatment Plant in the Volta Region.

This is despite an official directive ordering the company to halt all construction activities near the facility’s intake point.

Mr. Mutawakilu, who led a team from GWL to inspect the affected area at Kpeve Tornu in the Afadzato South District, said the private developer’s defiance of the suspension order issued by the Volta Regional Coordinating Council had worsened the situation, forcing the treatment plant to shut down intermittently whenever it rains.

He revealed that the construction activities, which include grading a nearby hill and dumping excavated soil near the water intake, had caused severe siltation and elevated turbidity levels far beyond what the plant can treat.

The water’s turbidity, which is normally about five Nephelometric Turbidity Units (NTU), has sharply increased to around 140 NTU since the onset of the construction activities, making treatment extremely difficult and forcing periodic shutdowns of the plant.

Mr Mutawakilu noted that, “When it rains, the situation gets worse, and we are compelled to shut down the plant for three days to protect our pumps and filters from damage.”

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