The Volta River Authority has restored the water supply for the residents of Aveyime in the North Tongu District as part of its Emergency Preparedness Plan, which was established in May 2023 to give relief to areas impacted by the controlled spill of the Akosombo and Kpong Dams.
The raw water intake pumps of the flooded township at Aveyime have been moved to a higher location. The water treatment system is linked to a pump protection shed that has been built and equipped with power panels.
To give the population an instant drinkable water supply, the team laboured nonstop, excavating trenches and installing pipelines.
The Deputy Chief Executive (Services) Ken Arthur, is to hand over the newly commissioned water system to the people of Aveyime today. This is to ensure access to clean potable water for drinking, cooking and bathing. VRA is passionate about ensuring that the affected communities receive as much relief as possible and they are committed to making life easier for the flood victims.
This water supply restoration is the first of many to be carried out in the safe havens. There are plans to expand and provide water to every man, woman and child in the affected communities.
In areas with shut-off water supply, VRA, on a daily basis sends tankers of clean potable water to these communities. In addition, they also provide thousands of bags of sachet water for drinking.
The focus on quick, clean water supply by VRA is to help curb the spread of waterborne diseases in the communities. Water is constantly supplied to the flood victims to ensure that such a basic human need is addressed.
Although it continues to provide medicine supplies, canned food, toiletries, drugs, mattresses, buckets, rice, sugar, mosquito nets etc. to the flood victims, VRA has taken it upon itself, to provide technical relief as well to the communities affected by the controlled spill.
As a company of engineers, VRA aims to go beyond just the supply of relief items and drugs to help the flood victims.VRA is extending its world-class technical competencies to the people in these communities.
VRA is proactively providing relief solutions for the flood victims because they have promised to the people to leave no one behind and vow to stand by it.
