NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR WSP IMPLEMENTATION IN GHANA.

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NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR WSP IMPLEMENTATION IN
GHANA.

• Nii Okai Kotei
• Director, Water
• Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, Accra,
  GHANA
• IWA Africa Region Water Safety Plan Workshop
  Nairobi 24 26, May 2011

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

• Country Background
• Sector Institutional Setup
• Regulatory Framework
• Challenges
• Way Forward

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GHANA MAP
AFRICA MAP
Upper East
Upper West
Northern
Brong Ahafo
Ashanti 40
Volta
Eastern
Greater Accra
Central
Western
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Institutional Setup Ghana Water Sanitation
Sectors
Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing
WATER DIRECTORATE Overall Sector Coordination

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Dev and
Environment EHSD gt National Sanitation
Sub-Sector Coordination
Ministry of Local Government, Rural Dev and
Environment EHSD National Sanitation Sub-Sector

• REGULATORS
• PURC
• Economic/ Quality of service
• WRC
• Water Resources Managements
• EPA
• Environmental
• GSB
• Standardization
• MOH
• Public Health

National

Urban Water Supply (GWCL)
Rural and Small Town Water and Sanitation (CWSA)
Regional Sanitation and Hygiene
Subsector Coordination (Regional EHSU)
Regional (CWSA)
Regional(GWCL
Regional
District UWS Subsector Coordination (GWCL
District Assemblies
District
Communities/ Consumers of Services
Community
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PUBLIC UTILITIES REGULATORY COMMISSION(PURC)

• Independent regulatory institution
• Established by an Act of Parliament (Act 538)
• To regulate and oversee the provision of utility
  services(WATER, ELECTRICITY Natural Gas
• Established as the result Reforms in the Sector
  

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SECTOR CHALLENGES

• In sufficient Political Prioritization
• Poor Targeting
• Weak Sector Capacity
• In adequate investments

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WATER SECTOR REFORMS

• Goals of Sector Reform
• Increase access to water to all sectors of the
  economy
• Ensure efficiency in delivery of water to
  consumers
• Enhance the management and accountability of the
  public utilities
• Promote private sector participation
• Ensure an effective regulatory environment

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URBAN WATER SUPPLIES IN GHANA
URBAN WATER SUPPLIES IN GHANA

• GWCL is to provide potable water to its supply
  area in which about 50 of the people in the
  country live, in addition to supply potable water
  for all public, commercial and industrial
  consumption.
• GWCL operates 85 pipe-borne systems with total
  installed capacity of about 760,000m3/day.

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PREVIOUS SITUATION

• Drinking water quality standards prepared by
  Ghana Standards Board
• Self-monitoring by GWCL with PURC audit
• Significant value in establishing drinking water
  safety plans, involving all involved from
  catchment to tap, so pilot project
• The Weija supply system chosen because
• It is a major supply to Accra
• There are problems of algae in source water
• Some areas have intermittent supplies

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THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK

• Given many other priorities in the water sector
  and the resource constraints in the country as a
  whole
• Regulation of compliance is to use the Audit
  approach

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NEW APPROACH WATER SAFETY PLAN

• Getting the needed commitment of all stakeholders
  in the management of drinking water quality
• Formalizing long established methods and
  building on scientific and managerial
  developments

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WEIJA AS A PILOT

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PREPARING WSP

• A team is set-up covering source/resource to tap
• The team identifies the hazards in the catchment,
  at the treatment works, in the distribution
  system and on consumers premises
• For each one
• Consideration of the likelihood and consequences
  for water safety
• Review of current controls
• Are they effective? How well are they monitored?
• Determination of the required improvements
• Implementation of the plans and their audit

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ASSOCIATED SUGGESTED ACTION

• The clean-up of the catchment to prevent the
  formation of algae
• Improved supply situation regarding chlorine
• Active leakage control
• Implementation of Private Tanker Service
  Guidelines
• Public communication programme

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ROLL UP OF WSP

• Initiate the development of WSPs for eleven (11)
  out of eighty- five (85) water systems.
• Basin Officers being strengthen for the
  catchment management issues .

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FACILITIES FOR ROLL UP

• National Water Policy
• Legislation
• Benchmarking
• Education and Awareness creation

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FACILITIES FOR ROLL UP

• National Water Policy
• Legislation
• Benchmarking
• Education and Awareness creation

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WATER SAFETY PLANS

• PURC WILL
• Promote best practices in achieving for end
  consumers water quality which is safe for
  drinking.
• Promote consumer awareness of water quality and
  hygiene.
• Support other water quality and health education
  initiatives.

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WAY FORWARD

• Sanitation and water is a priority sector and
  underlies achievement of the MDGs.
• The sector requires political prioritization,
  institutional capacity building investment.
• One national plan planning process. Active
  collaboration with all stallholders.

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION