Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has announced a planned interruption in water supply today, Friday, August 28, 2025, due to emergency repair works at the Kpong Treatment Plant.
According to GWL, the emergency shutdown of its Kpong Water Treatment Plant followed damage to a raw water transmission pipeline.
During the period of maintenance at the plant, water supply to households, businesses, and institutions in several communities will be disrupted.
Here are the areas that will be affected or face a water crisis.
Tema Metropolis and major parts of Accra, such as
- Ashaiman
- Gbetsele
- Akatamanso
- Klagon
- Lashibi
- Baatsonaa
- Spintex
- Parts of East Legon
- Surrounding communities
The management of Ghana Water Company has, therefore, advised residents in these areas to store enough water while the limited supply is still available
To mitigate the impact of the shutdown, GWL said arrangements were being made to support essential service providers, particularly hospitals and schools.
Such institutions are encouraged to contact the company for assistance through its toll-free line.
The company assured customers that the water supply would be restored immediately after completion of the repair works.
About the Kpong treatment plant
The Kpong treatment plant in 2010 underwent some expansion works to increase the supply of water from 40 million gallons to 80 million gallons a day.
The project was undertaken by Messrs China Gezhouba and Power Group Company Limited and was completed in December 2014 ahead of the scheduled contractual completion date of June 2015.
The cost of the project was $273 million.
The scope of works for the project included the construction of a new 353,000 cubic metre per day intake, expansion of the treatment plant to 250,000 cubic metre per day and construction of new transmission mains through Dodowa, Adentan to the Accra Booster Station.
Other works involved the provision of a dedicated electricity supply, distribution improvement and construction of terminal reservoirs at Madina, Boi and Okponglo.
