{"id":6560,"date":"2024-06-18T09:29:54","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6560"},"modified":"2024-06-18T09:30:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-18T09:30:00","slug":"parts-of-accra-plagued-by-water-scarcity-in-the-midst-of-heavy-rains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=6560","title":{"rendered":"Parts of Accra plagued by water scarcity in the midst of heavy rains"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The absence of good drinking water has turned life into a nightmare, a predicament that has become the norm for residents of James Town, Chorkor, Bubuashie and other communities in the Ghana\u2019s capital of Accra.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lives of these residents have taken a harsh turn, costing them an arm and a leg to get water for domestic uses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has now become a daily struggle as some are compelled to spend nearly GHC500 every two days to buy water from vendors to survive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make matters worse, some visit the hospital regularly to treat their skins due to the use of untreated water for bathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some traders, for instance, say they are increasingly pushing their meagre proceeds into purchase of water from vendors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt is very challenging to get potable water in this area. Even the underground water we buy has high salt content,\u201d a kenkey seller said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the peak of the covid-19 pandemic, government supplied free water to these residents but, since then they have had to survive on their own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI will travel any distance to just to get good water to do my business. For seven years now, no water has passed through this tap,\u201d another resident stated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is one of the few houses that have tanks to store water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In almost every two days, an amount of GHC480 is spent to buy water from suppliers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn order to fill my bigger tank, I have to spend GHC480. Sometimes, it takes less than two days for the water to finish and once there is no water, I have to immediately buy new one,\u201d Elizabeth Acheampong, a resident of James Town said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The condition of the water used for bathing is leaving some residents with skin-related diseases that they regularly have to treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI visit the hospital regularly to treat skin rushes. Unfortunately, it is the same water that I use to bathe so the condition persists,\u201d a resident observed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another added that \u201csometimes you even fetch the water to bathe and it doesn\u2019t even lather with the soap. You then have to apply the soap several times before it even lathers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are billed every month for no water supplied. We won\u2019t pay the bills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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