Abstract
In Ghana, tariff of utilities including water is put below cost recovery levels such that government is unable to cope with the challenges in water supply. As such, the government resorts to private partnership to fund the gaps in the urban water supply in the country. The study adopted an integrative multi-stage critical review of relevant literature on public-private partnership in urban water supply. As such articles published between 2006 and 2017 were selected by specific inclusion criteria. Relevant articles on the topic were identified through references and citations. The paper examines the status and trend of water supply, reforms and management of urban water supply in Ghana. The study found problems like poor water supply system, inadequate human and economic resources as well as poor resource allocations and urban water management.
Highlights
The world’s population growth has greater physical and socioeconomic impact which is a great challenge for environmental protection as well as supply and management of water resources
The water waterstressed is related to the number of people that have to share each unit of water resources
The various demand of water is for industrial use, urban water supply and agriculture
Summary
The world’s population growth has greater physical and socioeconomic impact which is a great challenge for environmental protection as well as supply and management of water resources. These urbanized communities in developing countries may lack the ability to expand or provide basic services including supply of water. Such situations might pose a keen competition among water resource suppliers and possibility of inadequate protection of water bodies from contamination with domestic and industrial wastes. The state needs to invest in infrastructure to satisfy numbers of Ghanaians who do not have access to portable water
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