Water Resources Commission Inaugurates Lower Volta Basin Board

Water Resources Commission Inaugurates Lower Volta Basin Board A fifteen (15) member governing board of the Lower Volta Basin has been inaugurated at Sogakope yesterday, as part of the Water Resources Commission’s mandate to ensure the sustainable management and utilisation of the country’s water resources.   The Basin Board was set up through a consultative stakeholder […]

Water Resources Commission Governing Board Inaugurated

Water Resources Commission Governing Board Inaugurated The Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah has charged the Governing Board of the Water Resources Commission (WRC) to effectively guide the development of Legislative Instruments on Buffer Zones and Pollution Control as well as the implementation of existing regulations and policies such as the […]

STATE OF WATER BODIES IN ILLEGAL MINING AREAS

STATE OF WATER BODIES IN ILLEGAL MINING AREAS AS AT 3 RD AUGUST 2021  Turbidity is considered as a good measure of the quality of water. It is a measure of the degree to which the water loses its transparency due to the presence of suspended particles. The more total suspended solids in the water, […]

PUBLIC NOTICE: WATER USE ACTIVITIES IN GHANA

WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION PUBLIC NOTICE: WATER USE ACTIVITIES IN GHANA The Water Resources Commission (the Commission) wishes to bring to the notice of the general public, the obligations under Water Resources Act, (1996) (Act 522), and the Water Use Regulations, (2001), L.I. 1692. By these laws and regulations, individuals and companies who use water on […]

PUBLIC NOTICE: LICENCING AND REGISTRATION OF BOREHOLES

WATER RESOURCES COMMISSION PUBLIC NOTICE: LICENCING AND REGISTRATION OF BOREHOLES                    (RESIDENTIAL AND DOMESTIC USE) IN GHANA The Water Resources Commission (the Commission) wishes to bring to the notice of the general public, obligations under Regulations 23 (1) and (3) of the Drilling Licence and Groundwater Development Regulations, (2006) L.I. 1827. By these regulations, individuals, […]

TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR LOCAL PARTNERS

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a specialized United Nations Agency, the Volta Basin Authority (ABV) and the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-AO) are implementing the project “Integrating Flood and Drought Management and Early Warning for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Volta Basin (VFDM)” funded by the Adaptation Fund. Project activities started in […]

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