Accra, Sept. 3, GNA - Barring any technical hitches, residents of Accra East would have water supply restored on Thursday after a 10-day water interruption in some parts of Accra necessitated by expansion works to boost the quantity of water supply to the area.

The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) on Tuesday August 26 shut down the pumps at its East Accra Booster station to increase the capacity of the pumps to supply more water.

Mr. Samuel Kodwo Yeboah, Station Manager of the Accra Booster Station, announced this when the Chairman of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng and some Commissioners visited the project site to assess the extent of work. The three-prong project aims to increase the amount of water pumped at Weija by 50 million gallons, installed new pipe lines to Accra Resevoir and a panel to enhance flow of electricity. Mr. Yebaoh said at the end of the project, communities in eastern Accra, including Adenta, Madina, Pantang, University of Ghana, GIMPA and surrounding areas would experience an enhanced water supply when work to link the pipes from the Weija Dam to the Accra Booster Station at Okponglo was completed.

The project dubbed: "East-West Interconnection Project," would make it possible to link water supply from the Weija Dam to the Accra Booster Station so that excess water from Weija could be channelled to the eastern parts which do not have constant water supply. Water from the Kpong Dam and Weija will be connected in a way that would make Wieja supplement supplies from Kpong. As part of the project GWCL is replacing the old pumps at the booster station.

The old pumps, which currently have the capacity to pump about 130,000 gallons of water per hour, would be replaced with new ones, which have higher capacity to pump about 260,000 gallons of water per hour.

Prof. Frimpong Boateng said he was impressed with the level of work, especially the support of the Electricity Company of Ghana in providing two dedicated lines to the booster station to ensure constant water supply.

He expressed the hope that on completion of the project, water supply to the eastern part of Accra would be improved. 03 Sept. 08