Accra Water Crises Worsens. Expects look for foreign help

Publishe in the Daily Graphic on 9/02/10, spread(middle pg)

STORY : News Desk Report
Matilda Attram reports that some residents who spoke to the Daily Graphic on the situation said they travelled all the way from Adabraka to Circle and Kanda to buy water for their activities.
A porridge seller at Kokomlemle, Aminatu Karim , told the Daily Graphic that the situation had slowed business since she had to travel to Kanda with her children every morning to fetch water before the preparation of her porridge.
"It has affected my business because I have to go and sell late in the morning," she said.
The situation at the Ridge Hospital yesterday morning was no better.
In an interview with the Daily Graphic, the Medical Director of the Hospital, Dr George Acquaye, pointed out that the hospital already had a problem with water situation even at normal times when there was no water shortage in town.
He said the situation became worse when there was shortage of water in surrounding areas.
Dr Acquaye indicated that the hospital occasionally depended on Zoomlion Ghana Limited, GWCL and private water tankers for water for its operations.
He further indicated that at the time of Daily Graphic's visit to the hospital it had four out of eight reservoirs filled with water but added that the hospital could run out of water within a day or two.
Meanwhile the situation at the Adabraka Polyclinic, however, seemed normal as workers of the clinic told the Daily Graphic the clinic had no problem with water supply.
They further said the clinic's main tap was flowing yesterday morning and so water had been reserved for emergency purposes.