A monitoring program will be implemented by the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources to evaluate the quality of water drawn from boreholes in various communities.
The ministry has expressed worry that a large number of communities rely on boreholes, and the Water Resources Commission has not tested the water content of these sources.
This circumstance may present significant health risks to customers. Freda Prempeh, the sector minister, emphasized in a media interview that the initiative’s goal was to guarantee that customers could obtain high-quality, safe water from these boreholes.
The increased reliance on wells and boreholes in Accra has created concerns about the safety of the city’s water supply in recent times. Monitoring the quality and quantity of water in Greater Accra is necessary to determine the present problems associated with boreholes and wells.
“This exercise aims to evaluate and track the quality of groundwater, detect and eliminate any threats to groundwater, teach and involve local communities in sustainable groundwater practices, inform the public about the safety of water from abstraction to storage, provide policymakers with data-driven insights, foster cooperation between local communities, NGOs, and governmental bodies, and improve the infrastructure for water safety,” the spokesperson said.
The minister of sanitation went on to say that many people suffered as a result of failing to test the groundwater quality. She went on to say that the exercise needed to be expanded to other areas outside of the Greater Accra region.
Everybody is a victim. Many politicians and Members of Parliament frequently drill boreholes in our communities, but how many of us work with the Water Resources Commission to make sure that the water we sink for each of our communities is tested? Therefore, I believe that we will go beyond Greater Accra or the designated areas, not just stick to them,” she stated.
