COMMUNITY- UTILITY PARTNERSHIP USING BULK SUPPLY: SAVELUGU

Bernard A. A. Akanbang, Consultant (1970)

The innovative model – Community-Utility Bulk Supply is located in Savelugu, the capital of the Savelugu Nanton District, one of the eighteen (18) administrative districts of the Northern region of Ghana..

The management model is community partnership with a utility company involving the delivery of bulk water by the utility company to the community to redistribute and manage the water using community ownership and management approaches.

There was also an extension of the service area from the initial core area of the town to the presently six electoral areas. There are in all 20 public stand posts, with each stand post (except one) having six spouts, three each on opposite sides

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