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Guma Valley Water Company

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Illegal Connections Affect Water Supply in Freetown

30 Aug 2010 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — I he Guma Valley Water Company, which is responsible for supplying pipe-borne water to residential and commercial entities in Sierra Leone's capital, blamed illegal connections, leaks

Sierra Leone Prepares for "Dreaded' March Shortages

16 Mar 2009 - 14:46 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — T housands of bucket-carrying children and women are out in the streets of Sierra Leone's capital in search of water, after the state-run Guma Valley Water Company began an overnight

Sierra Leone Utility to Replace Pipe

2 Feb 2009 - 14:46 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The state-run Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) is trying to reduce water shortages in the capital by replacing plastic pipe with galvanized iron pipe, water officials said last week.

International Agencies Give Guma Valley Water Company a Boost

5 Jan 2009 - 14:46 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — T he state-run Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) has received a hefty financial boost from two international funders to start critical projects in the new year.

Guma Valley Water Co. Projects Profits

15 Dec 2008 - 14:48 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The state-run Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) projects a profit of 1 billion leones (about $334,000 USD) for 2008, Finance and Economic Development Minister David Carew said last week.

Guma Valley Water Company Starts Disconnection Campaign

16 Nov 2008 - 20:28 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Huge water debts owed by private and public enterprises in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, have forced the Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) to embark on a "widescale

Guma Valley Water Company Seeks Cause of Poor Performance

13 Oct 2008 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — The state water provider in Sierra Leone, the Guma Valley Water Company, on October 6 announced the formation of a Special Committee "to establish the reasons for the poor

Utility Official Detained for One Day Over Lack of Water Supply

29 Sep 2008 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — SierraLeoneanparliamentarians last week ordered the one-day detention of Ibrahim Wilson, the general manager of the main water provider, the Guma Valley Water Company, for failing to provide water

Freetown Faces Nightly Cut-Offs

22 Sep 2008 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierrra Leone — R esidents in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown now face a nightly "cut off of water supply to their homes.

Engineers of the main supplier, the Guma Valley Water Company

Water Levels Up in Freetown Dams

1 Sep 2008 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — T he Guma Valley Water Company (GVWC) announced last week that the water level at the dam in the west of the city is up to 253 meters. At 264 meters the dam overflows.

Freetown's Utility Locked in Dispute With Water Traders

14 Jul 2008 - 14:47 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — Water traders in Sierra Leone's capital and officials of the state-run Guma Valley Water Company are locked in a fierce battle as to who owes whom.

The battle lines were drawn over a recent

Sierra Leone President Threatens to Open Water Sector to Investors

5 May 2008 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — — Sierra Leone's President Ernest Koroma has threatened "to open up the water supply market to investors" if the main state water provider, the Guma Valley Water Company, does not improve

Guma Valley Water Company Shuts Down Freetown Supply

14 Apr 2008 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — — The taps ran dry for three days in Sierra Leone's capital over the weekend, with the main state water provider, the Guma Valley Water Company shutting down supply "to carry out repair works on

Water Levels Drop in Freetown

10 Mar 2008 - 10:09 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — — The country's main water provider, the Guma Valley Water Company, has begun shutting down pipelines in key areas of the capital as water levels in supply dams drop down to a

China to Help Construct Minidams in Sierra Leone

24 Feb 2008 - 23:06 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — — A team of water experts from China will visit Sierra Leone by June to undertake a countrywide survey of minidams for water projects, under a United Nations Industrial

Only 22 Percent of Sierra Leoneans Have Safe Water Coverage

21 Jan 2008 - 00:05 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — —A survey conducted by the Ministry of Health and Sanitation estimates that coverage for safe water in the West African state is just 22 percent.

The four-page survey notes that "only

$2.7 Million USD From World Bank for Guma Valley Water Company

6 Aug 2007 - 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

LONDON, FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, ZIMBABWE, BULAWAYO, England — The government of Sierra Leone and the World Bank have signed an agreement for $2.7 million USD to support capacity-building at the main water provider in the capital,

UK Gives $9.8 Million USD for Sierra Leone Water Program

26 Feb 2007 - 10:08 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, MAPUTO, Mozambique — — The UK's Department for International Development is giving $9.8 million USD to the ailing state-run Guma Valley Water Company's program for 2007 to 2008, officials say.

Freetown Consumers Reluctant To Pay Bills

6 Nov 2006 - 00:20 by OOSKAnews Correspondent

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone — —Water consumers in Sierra Leone's capital, Freetown, are still not out of the woods after two months of acute water shortage.

Water supply has only returned to normal in October,