GWCL’s finances under threat - As per new agreement

The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has called for a review of the water purchase agreement between the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) and BEFESA Desalination Developments Ghana Limited, explaining that the current agreement was disingenuous to the survival of the water supplier.
In its current state, the union observed that the agreement on the Teshie-Nungua Desalination Water Project disadvantaged the GWCL but enriches BEFESA, the Korean company that constructed the US$110 million project last year.
The GWCL is currently said to be losing some GH¢1.3 million a month in electricity bills under the agreement, which the union said was too unbearable for a company struggling to break even.
The electricity expenses at the Teshie-Nungua Desalination Water Project brings to GH¢11 million the total amount the GWCL expends on electricity every month.
As a result, the Deputy General Secretary of the PUWU, Mr Michael Adumatta Nyantakyi, said the current agreemen