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Ghana’s WASH Sector Performance Report 2009. Highlights of. Presented by WSMP on behalf of the Water Directorate, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing. Presentation Outline. Background to SPR Objectives of SPR Scope of 2009 report Sector performance Major sector innovations

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  1. Ghana’s WASH Sector Performance Report 2009 Highlights of Presented by WSMP on behalf of the Water Directorate, Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing

  2. Presentation Outline • Background to SPR • Objectives of SPR • Scope of 2009 report • Sector performance • Major sector innovations • Major sector challenges • Major sector reporting gaps • Recommendations

  3. Background to SPR • No single sector report • Reliance on sub-sector reports • Resort to different sub-sector monitoring methodologies • Difficulties in speaking from a national perspective

  4. Objectives of SPR • To publish the status of the sector annually to help track national achievements against national targets and inform effective decision-making and policy formulation. • To assemble all sector information in one document and make it available to government, development partners, the media, the public, and all key decision-makers in the sector. • To promote effective documentation in the WASH Sector • To facilitate sector advocacy work with more facts

  5. Methodology • Selection of indicators for which there was likely to be some data • Review, analyses and compilation of existing data and recent reports and SIPs from the: • Water Directorate • Ghana Statistical Service • WRC • CWSA • GWCL • EHSD • JMP

  6. Report Production Team • Emmanuel Addai – WSMP • Ben Yaw Ampomah – WRC • George Boakye-Yiadom - CWSA • Michael Agyemang – GWCL • Enoch Ofosu – Water Directorate • Rudolf Amenga Etego – CONIWAS With WSMP leading in coordination, compilation, collation, analyses, drafting and editing, the following individuals constituted the 2009 SPR Production Team:

  7. Scope of 2009 SPR • Sector overview • Institutional and policy framework • Sector performance • Focus on sub-sector targets and definitions • Performance against (UN) MDGs • Water Resources Management • Rural/Small Town water supply, sanitation and hygiene • Urban Water Supply • Major Sector innovations in 2009 • Conclusions and recommendations

  8. Sector Performance

  9. Water Resources Management • A hydro-geological study was conducted in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West Regions to build up scientific information database on groundwater potential under the Hydro-geological Assessment Project • 15 monitoring wells successfully drilled • Initial yields from the wells indicate substantial groundwater potential in the Northern Region Water Resources Assessment Monitoring updates

  10. Water Quality Monitoring updates • Water quality assessment in 19 locations in the South-Western and Coastal Systems carried out as at 2008 (2009 data was not ready) • 17 out of the 19 systems were in class II, meaning their quality was fairly good • None was unpolluted • None was grossly polluted • Only Nsawam portion of River Densu and Dunkwa portion of River Offin were of poor quality (Class III)

  11. Water Resources use and Regulation • 154 major water users had been issued permits as at 2009, • More than 2/3 of licenses were issued to domestic water suppliers

  12. There is a programme underway to establish a National Dam Safety Unit to coordinate activities related to dam design, construction, O&M etc to ensure dam safety • Periodic water user identification exercises were undertaken to ensure compliance • Routine monitoring of permit holders • Collaboration with EPA, Basin Boards and DAs to monitor compliance

  13. River Basin Management and Planning • There are three functioning River Basin Boards, Densu, White Volta, Ankobra • Two more Boards in the pipeline – Offin and Tano • IWRM plans for Densu, White Volta and Ankobra basins developed • IWRM plans for Pra, Tano and Dayi under development • Nationwide workshops were on-going for public education on IWRM

  14. Transboundary water resources management and development The following are among structures/projects in place as at 2009: • Ghana –Burkina Faso Joint Technical Committee – advising the Ministers in Charge of water • Volta Basin Authority – ensuring international cooperation for sustainable WRM in the basin • PAGEV – a project aimed at improving water governance in the Volta

  15. Climate Change Adaptation • A 2-year Climate Change Adaptation Project was launched in 2009 with focus on Northern Ghana • Extensive scoping of communities and fields was completed • Sub catchments of White Volta basin were mapped for the development of specific models on water abstraction and allocation • A Climate Change newsletter was been established • Guidelines on setting up community indicators on flood and drought and early warning systems have been drafted

  16. Sub-sector Funding by GoG Actual releases of GoG approved funds have been 6.3%, 11.7% and 3.3% respectively from 2007 to 2009

  17. Water Supply - Performance against national targets - Summary • National coverage target by 2015 (implied) = 80% approx • (76% of total rural population plus 85% of total urban population expressed as a percentage of total national population) • National coverage as at 2009 (implied) = 59% approx

  18. Total WASH budget against annual GDP: 2006 - 2009 Sources: Annual Budget Statements 2006 to 2010 Allocations to the WASH Sector since 2006 have consistently fallen below 2% of annual GDP. It has also dropped from 1.52% in 2006 to 0.52% in 2010. This excludes allocations to the Water Resources Commission and the Hydrological Services Department

  19. Investment Requirement 2008-2015 • Total investment capital requirement (Rural and Urban) from 2008 to 2015 = US$1,878 billion

  20. Rural Drinking Water Supply

  21. Projected rural water coverage by 2015

  22. GoG allocated funds have not been fully released since 2006. • (2006 = 74%, 2007 = 84%, 2008 = 48%, 2009 = 10.3%) • CWSA excess spending over GoG releases was provided by ESAs • ESAs contributed about 85% of CWSA’s actual spending in 2009.

  23. GWCL/AVRL Performance 2003 and 2009 against selected indicators • Water production increased by about 13% • Revenue generation improved by about 150% • Non-revenue water reduced by about 11.5% • Cost of production increased about four fold

  24. 2007 = 4.6% 2008 = 14.3% 2009 = 22.9% Annual GoG allocated funds have not been fully released since 2007

  25. Water Supply and Sanitation Performance against (UN) MDG targets - 2008 • UN MDG target for improved drinking water: 77% by 2015 • UN MDG target for basic sanitation: 54% by 2015

  26. Major sector innovations • The Ghana Water Forum: bringing greater visibility to Ghana’s water and sanitation agenda and also be consistent with the Africa Regional commitment to an Annual African Water Week • The Watsan Journalists Network: working with stakeholders to raise the profile of water and sanitation in Ghana through their respective media activities • RCN Learning Alliances Platform: improving sector learning and dialogue • GWCL/AVRL Customer Services Call Centre: meant for customers to call 0800 40000 or on 0302 211260 to report leakages and make enquiries and other complaints

  27. Major Sector Challenges • Low GoG investment manifested in the low release rates • The fact that all GoG allocations must be spent within the year • Procurement bottlenecks mainly due to non-flexibility of the procurement Act • Frequent dissolution and re-constitution of Water and Sanitation development (and other) boards

  28. Major Sector Reporting Gaps • No sectorwide agreed monitoring framework • Inadequate data on sanitation and hygiene • Lack of data on NGO contribution • Inadequate data on exact GoG financial contribution to the sector (partly due to non-differentiation between DP grants and loans) • Use of different population estimates by different agencies • Lack of clear distinction between urban and rural in terms of water and sanitation coverage

  29. Recommendations for sector reporting Set up a team to: • Compilation of data should start early enough • Develop a clear WASH sector M&E framework which should include indicators for sanitation, hygiene, gender etc • Compile a clear baseline data for each selected indicator • Work with agencies to identify clear national targets for each indicator • Clearly define the terms Rural and Urban in terms of WASH coverage • Use a common population base

  30. References • GDHS 2008 by Ghana Statistical Service • GoG budget statements – 2006 to 2009 • CWSA Annual Report 2009 • Progress on Sanitation and Drinking Water 2010 update: WHO/UNCEF Joint Monitoring Programme • Strategic Investment Plans 2008 - 2015 (CWSA and GWCL) • WRC Water Quality Monitoring and Classification reports 2005 – 2008 • CWSA 2010 Mid-year Review Report • GWCL coverage data 2008 and 2009 • WSMP Country Summary Sheet 2009

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