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16th July, 2009
Poor Maintenance Culture Affects Sewerage System
Currently the Korle Lagoon Sewage Treatment Works in the metropolis has been inactive and would require GH ¢700,000 to revamp it.
Mr. Enoch Laryea senior technician at the works revealed this when briefing the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah on the sanitation management situation in the metropolis.
He said since the plant’s establishment in 2002 (at a cost of 22 million pounds sterling), no maintenance had been carried out on the equipment and as a result the plant started to deteriorate after four years.
Mr. Laryea added that the facility located close to the sea, started getting rusty because of high acidic content in the sea breeze, and as a result untreated liquid waste flows freely into the lagoon and the sea.
On his part, Mr. Ankrah expressed concern about the deplorable state of the facility and gave the assurance that government would take steps to address the problem.
He directed that the cost of repairs should be assessed and submitted to government for action to be taken as soon as possible.
The minister also took the chance to visit the Mallam Landfill site, the proposed landfill site at Kwabenya and the ‘Lavender Hill’, a septic waste discharge site at Korle Gonno, all in Accra.
Waste materials found at the Mallam landfill site could be easily recycled and decomposed, however, these methods are not in place but more landfill sites have been suggested.
At the proposed landfill site at Kwabenya, considered as a prime location for such activities, he stressed the need for community interaction to enable the people to appreciate and accept its development.
The Deputy Minister said the people need to be assured that the area will not become a dumping ground but instead an engineered landfill site.
He said the engineered landfill site is part of the Urban Environmental Sanitation Project, being sponsored by the World Bank.
Under this project five selected cities are to benefit from the construction of landfills to help in the effective management of solid waste.
The beneficiary cities are Tema, Takoradi, Tamale, Kumasi and Accra.
Mr. Enoch Laryea senior technician at the works revealed this when briefing the Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah on the sanitation management situation in the metropolis.
He said since the plant’s establishment in 2002 (at a cost of 22 million pounds sterling), no maintenance had been carried out on the equipment and as a result the plant started to deteriorate after four years.
Mr. Laryea added that the facility located close to the sea, started getting rusty because of high acidic content in the sea breeze, and as a result untreated liquid waste flows freely into the lagoon and the sea.
On his part, Mr. Ankrah expressed concern about the deplorable state of the facility and gave the assurance that government would take steps to address the problem.
He directed that the cost of repairs should be assessed and submitted to government for action to be taken as soon as possible.
The minister also took the chance to visit the Mallam Landfill site, the proposed landfill site at Kwabenya and the ‘Lavender Hill’, a septic waste discharge site at Korle Gonno, all in Accra.
Waste materials found at the Mallam landfill site could be easily recycled and decomposed, however, these methods are not in place but more landfill sites have been suggested.
At the proposed landfill site at Kwabenya, considered as a prime location for such activities, he stressed the need for community interaction to enable the people to appreciate and accept its development.
The Deputy Minister said the people need to be assured that the area will not become a dumping ground but instead an engineered landfill site.
He said the engineered landfill site is part of the Urban Environmental Sanitation Project, being sponsored by the World Bank.
Under this project five selected cities are to benefit from the construction of landfills to help in the effective management of solid waste.
The beneficiary cities are Tema, Takoradi, Tamale, Kumasi and Accra.
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