Over one billion cedis is spent every month on the treatment of water from the Weija dam, disclosed the Minster of Water Resource, Works and Housing, Mr Hackman Owusu-Agyeman.

Mr Owusu-Agyeman said government wants to ensure the consumption of safe water in the country hence the need to pump in more resources.

He said as a finite resource, government was committed in doing everything possible to ensure that Ghanaians had potable drinking water by the year 2015 irrespective of the problems that may be encountered.

Speaking at the inauguration of new members of the Water Resources Commission, the sector Minister said there was the need for Ghanaians to change their attitudes towards the preservation of the water bodies.

The 13-member Commission would be mandated to help government regulate and manage water resources, which has become an essential part of government policies.

The Commission would ensure that the country's water resource endowment, which is threatened by natural phenomena such as variability of climate and rainfall, was adequately sustained.

Mr. Owusu-Agyeman noted that whiles government was spending lots of money in purchasing equipment and other chemicals in ensuring safe drinking water in the country, Ghanaians ought to change their attitudes to ensure preservation in which way some of the resources would be channeled into addressing other essential issues in the country.

He said: “If we decide to live irresponsibly as a nation by disposing off plastic and other waste anyhow, we may be in trouble and therefore it is time for us to preserve our water bodies for use in the future."

Source: GNA