HOW HAS THE GHANA WATER POLICY PROVIDED FOR IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY ARRANGEMENT?

PRESENTATION BY GROUP 2

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OLIVIA BUSHELL PREMPEH (MRS.)

JOHN TERLABIE SETH ANKAMAH CHERUB ABOAGYE (MISS) ANSAH KWEKU SNR YUSIF QUANSAH JOSEPHINE ADU-GYAMFI (MISS) GODWIN ARMSTRONG DUKU

PRESENTATION OUTLINES

• INTRODUCTION

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• BACKGROUND OF GHANA’S WATER RESOURCES

• NATIONAL WATER POLICY

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• STRATEGIES

• FOCUS AREA

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• IMPLEMENTATION AND CHALLENGES

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• INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR ROLES

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• RECOMMENDATIONS

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INTRODUCTION

Major surface water systems

South western system (Bia,

n system (Bia,

Volta system

Volta system (Black, White,

Coastal system (Densu,

Ankobra, Pra)

ra, Pra)

Red,

Red, Oti)

Ayensu)

Ayensu)

GHANA’S WATER POTENTIAL

 Rainwater intensity varies between 800 mm/yr SE to 2,000 mm/yr SW  Total annual runoff is 56.4 billion m 3  Total water available from surface water 39.4 billion m 3  Aquifer depths varies between 6-300 m  Yields range between 6-184 m 3 /h

GHANA WATER POLICY

Aim - provide framework for sustainable development of Ghana's water resources

 Targeted at all stakeholders eg. water users, managers, investors, NGOs and development partners

 Recognises  Fundamental human right

 cross-sectoral issues related to water use – agriculture, transport, energy, sanitation

 IWRM  Gender issues

NATIONAL WATER POLICY

Water Resources

Management

Urban Water

Supply

Community Water

and Sanitation

STRATEGIES AND FOCUS AREAS

	URBAN WATER SUPPLY			COMMUNITY WATER AND SANITATION					WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Water Sources				Access to Potable Water
Improving Access to Water
				Decentralized delivery of water and sanitation services					Access to Water Water for Food Security
Finance				Finance					Water for Non-consumptive and Other Uses
Hygiene		Education	and	Hygiene	Education	and	Sanitation		Financing
Environmental Sanitation				(HES)
Public Private Partnerships				Public Private Partnership					Climate Variability and Change
Capacity Building				Capacity Building					Capacity Building and Public Awareness Creation
Good Governance				Gender	Mainstreaming		and	Good	Good Governance
				Governance
Research and Development				Research and Development					Planning and Research
Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)				Operation and Maintenance (O&M)					International Cooperation
Emergency and Extreme Events				Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E)

WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

Focus area		Principles		challenges	Policy objectives
Good governance				Lack of
		Subsidiarity, solidarity and prioritizing competing use of water		participatory approach in decision making conflicts	Participation of all stakeholders Stable macro- economic environment
Area planning and research		Water is a finite and vulnerable resource Cooperation with riparian countries		Inadequate data for research	Use appropriate technologies and practices
International		Sustainable		Management and	Promote
cooperation		development of shared basins		development of internationally shared water basins	international cooperation in the management of shared water resources

Policy measures

Public private partnership Equal gender representation in water resource management issues.

Provide the needed equipment for research into water

Encourage standardization of data collection

URBAN WATER SUPPLY

Focus area		challenges			Policy objectives		Policy measures
Water sources		Increasing and improving existing water sources.			Well planned and managed water resources.		Conservation and protection of existing water sources.
Improving access to water		•	Rehabilitation and		•	To improve	•	Introduction of private
			expansion of existing infrastructure. Reducing the high			management and operation. Ensure sustainable	•	sector participation. Rehabilitation and upgrading of reservoirs
		•	level of physical losses		•	financing of the infrastructure deficit.		to restore and increase their capacities.
Finance		•	Reducing the consistent high non- revenue water.		•	To ensure a financially viable utility and adequate funding level.	•	Ensure efficient asset management by GWCL.
		•	Paying exchange rate losses in the annual financial statement of GWCL.				•	Ensure the timely payment of water bills by subvented organisations

COMMUNITY WATER AND SANITATION

	Focus area	Challenges		Policy objectives
	Research and development	The need for clearly defined and adequately funded research strategy.		To promote generation, sharing and utilization of
				knowledge relevant to CWSA.
	Operation and maintenance	Sustaining operation and maintenance to ensure continued use of facilities.		Promote sustained use of facilities through awareness creation.
	Monitoring and evaluation	•Ensuring compliance by donor-and NGO-assisted project. •Strengthening the application of M&E system at DA level.		•To provide evidence- based decision making and investment in community water and sanitation services.

Policy measures

Promote coordination and dissemination to stakeholders.

_•Provide sufficient support to institutions that train pump mechanics. •Strengthen DA’s with the required structures and capacity for supporting community with O&M.

_•Set up M&E coordination group. _•Support institutional strengthening of national level agencies.

ROLES OF INSTITUTIONS IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

PRINCIPAL SECTOR INSTITUTIONS			ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing
Ministries of Local Government and Rural Devt’
The Water Resources Commission
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL)
The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA)
The Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA)
Ministry of Fisheries and Aquaculture Development
The Ministry of Harbours and Railways
Ministry of Energy and Petroleum

Overall policy formulation, planning, coordination collaboration, monitoring and evaluation of programmes for water supply sanitation

Implementing the Environmental Sanitation Policy

Regulating and management of the water resources and to co-ordinate related government policies

Overall planning, managing and implementation of urban water supply.

External liaison and co-ordination of the National Community Water and Sanitation Programme

Development of water resources for irrigated farming, livestock watering and supports fish culture

Regulates activities for both in-land water and marine fishing

Water transport and navigation and regulates activities within both in-land and coastal territory of Ghana

Regulates the provision of hydro-power including its distribution

ROLES OF INSTITUTIONS IN POLICY IMPLEMENTATION

ALLIED SECTOR INSTITUTIONS			ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Water Resources Information Services (WRIS)			Provide data and other water resources related information
The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission
The role of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Ghana Standards Authority			Developing and setting quality standards
The Town and Country Planning supports
The Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Gender, Children and social protection
The Parliamentary Committee on Works and Housing
The Ministry of Health

Regulates the standard of services provided by the GWCL (quality of drinking water tariffs)

Protection of water resources and regulation of activities within catchment areas

Supports DAs in physical planning of tow provides layouts of towns

Administers all investments in water including negotiating for grants and loans Implementing the National Gender and Children's policy

Provides legislative oversight of the water sector

Policy formulation and implements its plans and programmes through the Ghana Health Service

RECOMMENDATIONS

 Collaboration and sharing of information (Integrated system)  Research is required to identify emerging issues  Clear boundaries should be set between community water and urban water  Community leaders should be involved in setting of the policy  Public awareness creation and education  Availability of timely and adequate funding  Involvement of the lands commission, forestry Commission and minerals commission in the policy

GHANA WATER POLICY IMPLEMENTATION AND POLICY ARRANGEMENTS

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