Officials of Ghana Water Limited (GWL) have exposed an unlawful water connection at a mineral water manufacturing facility within the Klagon house close to Tema. 

The discovery used to be made by way of one among 10 particular anti-non-revenue water activity groups lately inaugurated by way of the commerce’s finance.

The groups were established following inner tests, which published that roughly 52 p.c of handled water produced by way of GWL can’t be accounted for, leading to important profit losses that impact operations and repair supply.

The workout bureaucracy a part of intensified efforts to curb non-revenue water losses around the nation.

Speaking to reporters on the web site, the Tema Regional Communications Manager of GWL, Sampson Ampah, defined that the inspection ended in the detection of an advanced and hid unlawful connection allegedly performed on the mineral water manufacturing facility.

Mr Ampah defined {that a} 16-inch major distribution pipeline, which runs immediately in entrance of the manufacturing facility, have been tapped into illegally the usage of a two-inch pipeline.

“The pipe used to be buried underground and routed at the back of a wall, passing thru a close-by sugarcane farm prior to coming into the manufacturing facility premises.

The connection used to be intentionally hidden to make detection extraordinarily tough,” Mr Ampa stated. 

He added that inside the manufacturing facility, the unlawful line used to be disguised with valves to provide the influence that it used to be inactive. 

Investigations

However, additional technical investigations by way of the duty drive showed that the road used to be actively supplying water immediately to the manufacturing facility’s manufacturing operations.

“Notably, there used to be no water meter put in, which means the power have been the usage of water with out cost,” Mr Ampa stated

He described the act as a transparent legal offence, stressing that unlawful connections deprive the commerce of important profit had to maintain operations.

The Regional Manager said that proceeds from water gross sales had been used to buy remedy chemical compounds, pay electrical energy expenses, handle infrastructure, and fund long term investment tasks geared toward making improvements to get right of entry to to potable water.

Mr Ampah stated that suspects hooked up to the criminal activity could be arrested and passed over to the police for additional investigation and prosecution if discovered culpable.

He appealed to most people to toughen the combat towards unlawful water connections by way of reporting suspicious actions to Ghana Water Limited’s district or regional places of work, or to the closest police station. 

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