Sachet water is in high demand in UCC now because students and lecturers fall on it for bathing and drinking. The water shortages that has hit the Cape Coast Metropolis has had a tremendous effect on sanitation in some halls, as Water Closets (WCs) on the male floors in the halls are ‘flooded’ with feacal matter or what is popularly termed Shit on shit.
The Cape Coast Water Supply Project and Baafikrom Water Supply Expansion Project were inaugurated at Sekyere-Heman in 2008 by President Kufuor to mitigate the perennial water shortage that was experienced in Cape Coast Municipality at the time. But the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) said the projects were not completed to halt the problem entirely. James Lartey, GWCL Distribution Manager in Cape Coast, said the second stage of the project which involves connecting a 26km Ebirim-Agona pipeline to supply pure water was not done.
The Estate Officer of the University of Cape Coast, Mr. Emmanuel Gyamfi says although the university is hard-pressed with water issues, it is doing its best to ensure there is a healthy environment in the various halls of residence on campus.
The water shortages that has hit the Cape Coast Metropolis has had a tremendous effect on sanitation in some halls, as Water Closets (WCs) on the male floors in the halls are ‘flooded’ with feacal matter or what is popularly termed Shit on shit.
Mr. Gyamfi, in an exclusive interview with ATL FM News, has however stated that they have decided to give priority to the sanitation officers to clean the WCs in the various Halls of residence in order to help curtail any damaging effect that may arise as a result of this water shortage.
“What we’ve been doing is; when we come, we give a portion of the water to the sanitation people so that they can flush the Water Closets (WCs) because if we don’t do this and there is an epidemic, all that we are doing will come to nothing.”, he said.
He said plans are far advanced to solve this problem proactively, adding that the University has decided to buy two Tankers to add up to the existing ones to cater for the water needs of the school.
