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Grundfos established the Ghana Water Initiative (GWI), one of their initiatives under the strategic business unit SafeWater, to design and test a new approach to water service delivery in rural communities. GWI has begun two clean drinking water pilots, part of a larger project to develop commercially viable solutions to provide water services to underserved communities in the West African country and reach one million people with clean drinking water by 2026.
Ghana Water Initiatives pilot project in 2020, launched in partnership with the Community Water and Sanitation Agency at Abomosu (a town in the Atiwa West District, Eastern region of Ghana), provides clean water access to around 8,000 people through smart water self-service Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and household connections.
The second pilot launched two years later in Otoase (a small settlement 20km northwest of Nsawam), includes a water bottling plant to provide SUREWATER mineral water, making clean drinking water affordable and accessible both in Otoase and beyond.
The centralised bottling plant can produce 400 bottles per day. The aim is to provide clean water to citizens of Otoase as well as residents in Nsawam (capital of the Nsawam-Adoagyire Municipal District, a district in the eastern region of south Ghana) and other parts of Accra, through smart water ATMs and home connections.
SUREWATER is packaged in 18.9-litre containers designed for multiple uses and costs $4.74 when bottles and water are purchased, while subsequent refills cost $0.97 for water only. The water is sourced from the ground and undergoes a robust treatment process, including reverse osmosis. The provision of bottled water aims to improve water security, and it has a greener environmental impact than the alternative, which is the excessive use of single-use plastic sachets across Ghana. ESI |
