Water and construction show opens on July 2

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• OKOE 9 years ago

  I THINK IN THIS EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE, THEY WILL EXHIBIT MACHINERY AND GIVE LECTURES ABOUT WATER AND SANITATION. THERE WILL BE SPEECHES ABOUT THE BEST IN WATER AND SANITATION AND THAT WILL BE ALL THAT WILL BE. I JUST RETU ...
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  I THINK IN THIS EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE, THEY WILL EXHIBIT MACHINERY AND GIVE LECTURES ABOUT WATER AND SANITATION. THERE WILL BE SPEECHES ABOUT THE BEST IN WATER AND SANITATION AND THAT WILL BE ALL THAT WILL BE. I JUST RETURNED FROM MY VILLAGE OR CALL IT A TOWN AND THE THINGS ON THE GROUND AT MY TOWN DO NOT SUPPORT ANY COMFORT REGARDING THE PROVISION OF WATER AND SANITATION. YOU WILL SEE EXPOSED PIPES, WHERE DO WE SEND OUR WASTE WATER FROM OUR SCEPTIC TANKS. DOES GHANA HAVE REGULATIONS OR CODES REGARDING WATER PURIFICATION ABD DISTRIBUTION. ELSEWHERE, THEY START WITH WASTE WATER PONDS AND WATER TREATMENT AND DISTRIBUTION HAVE CODES OR REGULATIONS TO FOLLOW. I WENT TO THE REGIONAL OFFICE IF GHANA WATER COMPANY AND WANTED A COPY OF THEIR CODES OR REGULATIONS IN WATER COLLECTION, TREATMENT AND. DISTRIBUTION AND I WAS REFERRED TO THE HEAD OFFICE. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT IT MIGHT NOT EXIST. DO NOT TALK AND EXHIBIT, LET MY FOLKS SEE THE ACTUAL PRODUCT BEING UTILIZED ACCORDINGLY. IN MY VILLAGE THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE WATER BUT APPARENTLY THE SYSTEM IS BEING EXPANDED, AS SUCH WE GET WATER EVERY TWO WEEKS. OUR TANKS DRY BEFORE WE GET ANOTHER DROP. I WAS TOLD WE WERE SHARING THE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH ANOTHER LOCALITY. WHATEVER MACHINERY YOU INTRODUCE INTO AFRICA, ENSURE WE KNOW NOT ONLY HOW TO USE IT BUT HOW TO REPAIR IT AS WELL. THERE IS ON RECORD OF HAVING TO FLY IN EXPERTS TO MAKE REPAIRS ON MACHINERY A COMPANY INSTALLED BUT OUR LOCAL ENGINEERS COULD NOT MAKE MAINTENANCE ON IT. THIS IS WHAT MUST BE AVOIDED.

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