According to Madam Cecilia Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water Resources, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources would shortly begin a house-to-house audit to deal with unlawful water connections.
She said one of the issues with water supply distribution in the country was unlawful water connections, and she hoped the audit would assist clear the system of bad consumers.
The Minister stated that the audit's contents and mechanisms will be worked out shortly, adding that while most Ghanaians are thought to be honest, the "evil ones" must be exposed and subjected to the full force of the law.
Madam Dapaah, speaking at a news conference in Accra on Monday, stated that additional issues included irregular power supply, outmoded electro-mechanical equipment, and outdated distribution.
Encroachment on water supply infrastructure, sand and stone winning at the Dalun and Weija headworks in Tamale and Accra, illegal mining operations at the Daboase, Sekyere Hemang, Odaso, and Wa Water Treatment Plants' intakes, and agricultural practices in buffer zones are among the other issues.
She stated that Ghana has an estimated 53.2 billion cubic meters of natural freshwater resources per year, of which only 14% is currently being used, and that the integrity of the renewable freshwater resource endowment, as well as the availability of groundwater at various geological locations, was constantly threatened by irresponsible human activities such as illegal mining and farming.
The Sector Minister mentioned that the Ministry was in the process of replacing several of the ministry's weaker sectors.