The study was launched in Accra by Nana Yaw Osei-Wusu Afriyie, Project Manager, Energy and Environment, AHK Ghana.
AHK Ghana prepared the analysis of the study using information obtained on a selective basis from desktop analysis, internet research, interviews with industry stakeholders, technology providers, questionnaires, emails and phone calls.
Nana Afriyie said the national water coverage rate is estimated at 63.15 per cent in 2012 based on provider estimates and 80 per cent in 2010 based on user surveys conducted by the Ghana Statistical Service.
He said based on the provider-based estimates for the national water coverage for 2012, about 36.85 per cent of Ghana’s population is yet to be served with potable water as at 2012; adding that these were mainly residents of rural areas, low income urban communities and peri-urban areas.
Challenges identified in the water sector by the study include service delivery and water quality.
In order to address challenges facing the water sector, the study recommended better linkage sector targets and funding allocation.
With regards to urban water supply, the study recommended bringing tariffs in line with full-cost recovery, in parallel with successful achievement of efficiency targets.
Dr Michael Blank, AHK-Ghana, urged nations to give priority to the provision of clean water for their people, because it is a basic necessity of life.
Ms Katharina Felgenhauer, Head of Competence Centre Energy and Environment, AHK Ghana, said the organisation through its Competence Centre for Energy and Environment, offers tailored market advice and support services in the form of high-value market studies, fact-finding missions, capacity building workshops, conferences and business-to-business matchmaking to German companies looking to expand to Ghana and francophone West Africa.
Mr Richard Ekow Mensah, Head of the International Department, AHK Ghana, said with support from the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety’s BMU Environmental Technologies Export Initiative, AHK Ghana would organise a stakeholder workshop in November.