Mismanagement of Water Systems: The Regional Director of the Agency, Worlanyo Siabi raised Concerns

The Community Water and Sanitation Agency has cited mismanagement of water systems as one of the major factors impacting negatively on its operations in the Upper West Region. 

The Agency says water systems have been mismanaged to the extent that most are operating just marginally, and beneficiary communities are barely able to take advantage of the huge investment in water supply to improve sanitation.

 The Municipal and district assemblies are constantly under political pressure to apply their scanty resources to fix broken down boreholes and mechanised water systems, but shirked their responsibilities of monitoring and demanding accountability from the Water and Sanitation Management Teams to the communities.In other regions, water systems were properly managed and the resources applied for other community needs related to water, sanitation and hygiene.

 The Regional Director of the Agency, Worlanyo Siabi raised these concerns at the handing over of the Kpongu Piped Water System near Wa. He said the rate of breakdown of water facilities and the refusal of communities to pay for water services is disturbin

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