The Ghana Water Company Limited is blaming the recent water shortage in parts of the Greater Accra and the Central Region on choked pipes from the debris of the Akosombo dam spillage and worn-out pipelines.

Some parts of the capital Accra and the Cape Coast have been battling water challenges for some days.

The situation has compelled many residents to spend more on other sources of water for their basic household use.

Commenting on the development, the Communications Manager for GWCL, Stanley Martey said the Kpong plant had to be shut down to clear the debris.

“What happened was that after the spillage from the Akosombo pipeline, a lot of debris and aquatic weeds were washed from upstream to downstream and our intake point is downstream the Akosombo Dam, and the force to which the pumps abstract the water into the treatment plant abstracted a lot of debris so the whole line was chocked and as a result. We were not able to abstract enough water for treatment,” he said on JoyNews’ AM Show.

He added that since the debris could not be removed manually, shutting down the plant became the only option.

Stanley Martey also noted that the shutdown enabled maintenance works to be carried out on the Weija plant.

He also indicated that all water treatment plants of the company are operating at full capacity therefore an assurance of uninterrupted water supply, especially moving into the dry season.

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“Thankfully we are operating full capacity in Kpong and Weija… We are hopeful that by this weekend, the system should stabilise, the system should be fine from today or tomorrow so by weekend, we should see that stability after a full rationing programme,” he assured.