The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has said that it must invest in desalination plants to restore reliable water supply to the eastern parts of Accra, where residents have faced acute shortages for months.
This according to the Head of Public Relations and Communications at Ghana Water Limited, Stanley Martey has become unavoidable following the shutdown of the capital’s desalination plant in the latter part of 2025.
“There is a gap between demand and supply. In Accra the situation is worsened because the desalination plant was shut down in the latter part of last year, 2025. We have had to serve the entire Accra with the other two sources — the Weija treatment plant and the Kpong treatment plant,” Martey told Star News.
He explained that the two remaining plants were already insufficient before the desalination facility went offline insisting that the shortfall has forced GWL to share limited supplies from the Kpong plant with communities that were previously served by the desalination plant, intensifying pressure on the network.
“The situation in the Tema area is a bit worsened. The only way to bridge this gap is to do an equitable distribution of the little water that flows into the system from Kpong. We have development plans to increase capacity, and everything possible is being done to increase that capacity,” he added.
Communities in Tema, Ashaiman, and surrounding areas have experienced severe water scarcity in recent times.
Martey maintains that long-term investment in additional desalination infrastructure is essential to close the demand-supply gap and stabilise supply to eastern Accra.
Source: Starrfm.com.gh
