Ruptured pipeline spills large volumes of treated water for over a year

A ruptured 21-inch metal pipe, which supplies water from the Kpong treatment plant to the Accra-Tema Metropolitan area, has spilled large volumes of treated water into some areas in the Kpong com­munity for more than one year, resulting in the flooding of farms and homes.

This situation has also created a huge hol­low over a mass of land at Apisco, a suburb of the town.

This pipeline is different from the 42-inch pipeline which got perforated recently caus­ing the supply of water to Accra to cease.

However, while residents of the affected areas have firmly declared that the problem had existed for more than two years, author­ities of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) insist that it has not been that long.

Derrick Adoka and Ebenezer Tekper, both residents of Apisco, told the Daily Graphic that the problem had existed for more than two years.

They disclosed that in the two years, the GWCL had fixed the problem once but just after a few weeks, the problem recurred and had persisted till now.

Comfort Naana Nortey, a teacher, revealed that her son nearly got drowned about a year ago in the area when he went there with a group of mends to take a look at the problem.

The Station Manager of the Kpong Headworks, Mr Ebo Akwandoh, told the Daily Graphic that he was not aware that the pipe had burst.

He pointed out that he took up his post in February, this year, and a month after, his attention was drawn to the problem but he had it fixed.