Understanding intra-urban inequality in networked water supply in Wa, Ghana

Abstract

important differences across the four neighbourhoods that were studied, in respect of the extent of physical network coverage and the technical qualities of principal mains. The study concludes that both the physical and technical properties of water supply networks influence the distribution of piped water supply in Wa. Our case study emphasizes the agency of material objects in shaping water access in cities, which thereby takes the analysis of inequalities in water access beyond simple socio-economic and political narratives.

Appraising institutional management of urban water supply in Ghana: the role of the stakeholders

“…There is a lack of financial institutions willing to support water projects with funds (P2, P5, P12 and P17). Findings agree with Badu et al (2013), Egan and Agyemang (2019) and Jambadu et al (2023). Egan and Agyemang (2019) discovered that GWCL will need US$100m per annum investment or US$2bn to ensure that all Ghanaians can access adequate, safe, affordable and reliable water by 2025.…”

“…The water supply is mostly from treated water sources. In many cases, rivers, shallow boreholes, wells and ponds, lakes from Weija in the central region and Kpong Lake in the eastern region form the major source of untreated piped water (Alba et al, 2022;Jambadu et al, 2023). Refer to Table 3 for details of sources of water supply.…”

“…Lack of stakeholder engagement in developing and implementing these interventions may have contributed to the hindrances in Ghana's urban water supply. The source of the problem comes from its operational and institutional inefficiencies (Addo, 2020;Jambadu et al, 2023). There are documentation and factual concerns about the institutional inadequacies that have caused its ability to supply water to decline (Van Rooijen et al, 2008;Ainuson, 2010).…”

“…It was captured by Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6. By 2030, it is expected that every household and person should have access to safe and affordable drinking water (Jambadu et al, 2023). The UN acknowledged that water scarcity negatively influences more than one-third of people worldwide.…”