The impact of electric power failures on water supply to the Kumasi Metropolis
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2002-12-11
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This study is about the impact of power failure on water supply to Kumasi metropolis and its extended socio-economic, health and environmental impact on human activities.
Water supply to some selected organisation in Kumasi city as well as some sampled households in some outlying towns in the Barekese Dam catchment area is analysed.
Detailed survey data enables the performance of Reliability Test between two revenues realised out of water sales when (i) electric power is guaranteed at the Barekese Headworks and (ii) when there are power outages over a specific period of time.
• The opportunity cost of the daily water requirement of most organizations runs into several millions of cedis, the highest being ¢152,352,000 for Guinness Ghana Limited.
• For the period 1997-2001, with the exception of 1998, each year’s analysis suggest that there was significant difference between revenue generated when power was guaranteed and that generated when there were power outages.
• Availability of power is a necessary but not sufficient condition for GWCL to be viable and this is evidenced by the outcome of 1998 analysis when power was available but not reliable.
• GWCL on the average lost about 700 million cedis a month as a result of power failure during the period 1997-2001.
• GUINNESS GH. LTD. loses a whopping ¢1,584 billion daily should they stop production as a result of water supply cut arising out of power outage whilst G.B.L. and COCA-COLA loose ¢230,78 million and ¢3 12,12 million respectively.
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A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Master of Arts degree in Industrial Management, 2002