중국은 가나의 30만 명 국민들에게 식수를 공급하기 위한 시추공을 개발하는 데 1천200만 달러를 보조한다. 중화인민공화국의 이번 보조금은 브롱아하포(Brong Ahafo) 지역의 북부주·서부주·북동주·볼타주 등 농촌지역과 소도시에 1천 개의 시추공을  구성하는 데 사용된다. 이번 MOU는 가나의 수도인 아크라(Accra)에서 가나의 재무장관 Seth Terkper와 중국대사 Sun Baohong이 MOU를 체결했다.

 

 

 

A $12 million grant from China will be used to develop a series of boreholes to supply drinking water to 300,000 people in rural Ghana.

 

The grant from the People’s Republic of China will be used to construct 1000 boreholes in rural communities and small towns in the Brong Ahafo, Northern, Western, Eastern, Upper East and Volta regions.

 

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed in Ghana capital city, Accra, by the country’s minister of finance, Seth Terkper and the Chinese Ambassador to Ghana, Sun Baohong.

 

Terkper reportedly said: “We know that China has come out very strongly in the last 30 years and you’re an example to many middle income countries in Africa and we want to follow a similar path of development.”

 

Earlier this year the Accra seawater desalination plant was inaugurated by Abengoa in Ghana to supply 60,000 m3/day.

 

To be implemented under the auspices of the Ministry of Water Resources, Works and Housing, feasibility work for the 1000 borehole project was conducted over a year ago with construction expected to start soon.

 

It is hoped that the project will help the communities to reduce water-borne diseases.

 

Earlier this year a drinking water pipeline project was signed between Ghana and Togo.

 

[출처 = Water World / 2015년 11월 23일]