{"id":106136,"date":"2025-12-10T03:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106136"},"modified":"2025-12-10T03:06:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T03:06:00","slug":"well-try-to-keep-taps-running-but-not-24-7-gwcl-on-new-15-92-approved-tariff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=106136","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019ll try to keep taps running, but not 24\/7 \u2013 GWCL on new 15.92% approved tariff\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) says it will keep working to maintain water flow across the country, but Ghanaians should not expect round-the-clock supply under the current tariff regime.<\/p>\n

Speaking on PM Express, the company\u2019s PRO, Stanley Martey, said the new 15.92% tariff approved by the PURC is far too little to sustain the level of investment required to guarantee uninterrupted water.<\/p>\n

Responding to the regulator\u2019s claim that the increment was meant to balance affordability and operational needs, he said the PURC itself acknowledges that the figure is inadequate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Dr Shaffic Suleman has explained everything and explained very well, and he himself has admitted that the tariff given to us this time around is inadequate,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd he also admits that he knows that it will be very difficult for us to operate, but then, under the circumstances, this is what they can give.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Martey said GWCL will continue to serve consumers as best as it can, but the tariff cuts over the years have made both operations and investment extremely difficult.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, it is true. It is woefully inadequate, but we will have to work and ensure that we serve our consumers efficiently,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very difficult to do investments, even to manage operations. So if every time we have to continue like this, I don\u2019t know what the future holds, but like we always say, we\u2019ll do our very best to ensure that the system works.\u201d<\/p>\n

He noted that PURC routinely slashes the company\u2019s required adjustments, leaving it without the funds needed to expand treatment plants, replace pipelines or maintain ageing systems.<\/p>\n

The host, Evans Mensah, pointed to GWCL\u2019s rising costs from galamsey pollution and asked if the company can keep taps flowing with the new rate.<\/p>\n

Mr Martey was blunt.<\/p>\n

\u201cOkay, so for now we have admitted every time that there\u2019s a gap between demand and supply,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cTo enable us to bridge that gap, we need to make a lot of investments, including building new infrastructure like treatment plants, extending pipelines and all that. These are capital-intensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the 15.9% tariff increase is nowhere near enough to even clear the company\u2019s books, let alone secure financing for major infrastructure.<\/p>\n

\u201cIs this 15.9% adequate to enable us to save enough money or to clear our books, to enable us even to go for a loan facility, to expand our facility? That is impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr Martey stressed that while GWCL will try to keep taps running, Ghanaians must be realistic about expectations under the current funding structure.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo then we will try to keep taps on, but then it can\u2019t be 24\/7,\u201d he said. \u201cLet\u2019s admit that we can only keep the taps on 24\/7 when we have built new treatment plants, when we have extended pipelines and all that. This tariff cannot do that.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, he said, the company will rely on strict demand-management measures to ration the \u201clittle water in the system\u201d until the funding gap is addressed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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