Water to flow to thousands of homes in Accra today as production resumes

Water production at the Weija Treatment Plant in Accra is expected to resume Wednesday morning following the completion of repair works on a major transmission pipeline burst at Malam-Gbawe Tuesday.

The pipeline which burst Tuesday morning caused water production at the plant to be shut, cutting water supply to thousands of homes and business in western part of Accra.

Engineers of the Ghana Water Company Limited marshaled all available resources and worked throughout the night to fix the burst pipe, which authorities say, was caused by construction of illegal structures on the 36 inch pipeline.

The affected areas were Sakaman, Odorkor, Dansoman, Agege, Mamprobi, Chorkor,Korle-Gonno, Korle-bu Hospital, Latebiokorshie, Mataheko,Russia, Sukura, Abbosey Okai, Kaneshie, Palladium, James Town, Sraha , Abeka, Mallam, Gbawe, Ablekuma, Tesano and surrounding areas.

“We are almost done with repair works and production is just about starting,” Head of Communications at the GWCL, Stanley Martey told 3news.com Wednesday morning.

He assured customers to expect water supply by close of day Wednesday, noting production was stopped for almost 24 hours.

The shutdown of the plant and the repair works, he said, would cost the company some revenue loss, noting a lot of water went waste due to the pipe burst.

Mr Martey appealed to city authorities to be “up and doing” in clearing individuals who illegally put up structures, particularly containers as shops, Ghana Water Company pipelines.

The weight of theirs structures, he explained, put pressure on the pipes resulting in the pipe burst.