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The SNV Netherlands Development, under its Healthy Future for All (HF4A)” Project, has targeted to provide basic amenities to some selected communities in the Lambussie District and Nandom Municipality in the Upper West Region. They would provide 4,000 home sanitation facilities and 1,000 places of convenience with water accessibility to…

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources has developed a stand-alone guideline targeting the poor and vulnerable for basic sanitation services in Ghana. The Ministry has therefore consciously incorporated cross-cutting issues such as gender, equity, inclusion, vulnerability and poverty in its water and hygiene policies and strategies. Mr Michael Akumfi-Ameyaw,…

Research conducted by Ghana Environmental Community for Sustainability (GECS) in partnership with the Coalition of Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in Water and Sanitation (CONIWAS) in the Wassa East District in the Western Region revealed that over 80 percent of water facilities dotted across the district were below the minimum intentional certification.…

At least 3.6 million people from 444 villages in various parts of Tanzania will get water under an ambitious program to draw water from freshwater lakes, Water Minister Jumaa Aweso told parliament on Friday. The program will entail drawing water for domestic use from Lakes Victoria, Tanganyika and Nyasa, the…

The Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resource will soon embark on a house-to-house audit to deal with illegal water connection, Madam Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, has said. She said illegal water connection was one of the challenges with water supply delivery in the country and…

The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Abena Dapaah has said Ghana’s water supply coverage under the current administration of President Akufo-Addo has seen remarkable improvement. According to her, as evidenced by the 2021 Population and Housing Census (PHC) Report, government in the last 5 years has improved Ghana’s…

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), is spearheading a four-year project that seeks to achieve a wider uptake of water-smart solutions, such as the treatment, recycling and reuse of resources recovered from wastewater. This will help in addressing the vast socio-economic and environmental challenges associated with liquid and…